Brett Myers Apologizes For Being a 'Scared Dog'

Orel Hershisher was one called "The Bulldog". On Friday night, Phillies ace Brett Myers was the "Scared Dog". After his latest performance where he gave up two of Carlos Lee's three HR's on the evening and a total of seven runs in three and 1/3 innings in a 9-6 Phillies loss, Myers would like to apologize to you, the Phillies fan, for not pitching like the type of dog he knows he can be:

"I got no excuses. I flat-out stunk," Myers said. "It's frustrating. I feel I'm not myself. I feel I lost that Rottweiler aggression. I'm pitching like a scared dog. I'm sorry the fans had to watch that. It was terrible."

It was an ill-timed stinker of a game for Myers ... not so much because he blew a 3-0 lead and the loss dropped them to a 2-8 start and kept them five games back of the Mets and Braves, but because it happened during the second installment of College Night at Citizens Bank Park, where college students are able to buy discounted tickets for select Phillies games. Unfortunately, the selected games so far have been vomit inducing for Phillies fans between an 11 inning loss that included a blown save by Tom Gordon and resulted in 31 ejections in the stands (not to mention hot dogs thrown towards the outfielders), and Friday night's Carlos Lee game, which may have resulted in this:

The loudest ovation from a sellout crowd on College Night at Citizens Bank Park came in the sixth when a fan ran onto the field from beyond third base. He sprinted past several security guards, reached shortstop Rollins and went for a hand shake - he was denied. The stocky fan then eluded a security guard's diving tackle and ran toward the wall in left-center, but couldn't climb it and eventually was caught.

Maybe the best way to minimize these incidents at College Night is to make sure the home team wins on College Night. Bad losses are enough to drive a college student to drink ... not that they need much encouragement.

Previously on The Fanhouse:
College Night Part One Doesn't Work Out so Well