Listening To Bench Coach Larry Bowa Rip The Phillies Hitting And Attitude Is As Satisfying As It Gets
Philly.com - Larry Bowa is angry, and the Phillies bench coach made it public Tuesday in a wide-ranging, 10-minute radio interview that castigated Domonic Brown, Roberto Hernandez and everyone in between. Bowa, speaking to 97.5 The Fanatic, criticized the team’s younger players — specifically Brown — and much of the rotation for its failures to pitch beyond five innings. He characterized the most recent homestand, when the Phillies went 4-7, as one of the worst the 68-year-old baseball lifer has ever seen. He said he understood fans’ dissatisfaction. “They’re very frustrated,” Bowa said. “I think they’re more frustrated at the way we lose. And they should be. That’s not big-league baseball what we’ve been doing at home. That’s not big-league baseball.”
Bowa wondered how Brown, who has a .576 OPS, arrives at the ballpark with an “upbeat” attitude.
“I don’t know how he does that because if it were me, I’d be going nuts right now,” Bowa said. “The big thing you have to be concerned about is take away a six-week period from the equation, and the numbers aren’t very good. He did most of his damage in those five or six weeks. He made the All-Star team. In fairness to him, he’s hit some balls hard lately, but he’s not playing the way he is capable of. I just think there’s more in there than that. Ryno’s playing him every game. I think we’re going to find out one way or another if this guy can play up here. That’s what you have to do. [Sandberg] has been pretty patient with him. We have to keep going and see what happens.
“It’s not like we have a lot of options right now. We have Cody Asche out. We’re playing two kids; [Cesar] Hernandez had never played short in a big-league game before. He just started third. [Reid] Brignac came up as an extra man. Yet these guys have big-league uniforms on and they have to start playing better baseball.”
LISTEN TO ENTIRE INTERVIEW HERE ON 97.5 THE FANATIC
FINALLY. It would be nice if it came from one of the players, but Bowa saying I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take this anymore may light a spark from the inside out. Force a little emotion from within this lifeless team. If there’s anyone who is not going to be satisfied by mediocrity, it’s Larry Bowa. The man’s hot head and ultra competitiveness is what got him fired from his managerial role a decade earlier.
Boy oh boy did Bowa nail it about the personnel. We’ve got Ceaser Hernandez and Reid Brignac playing big league ball when they don’t even deserve an audition to the show. Larry knows you gotta play with the cards your dealt, but you can’t win many hands playing with a fucking 2-7 offsuit ever single shuffle. That’s Ruben’s responsibility, AGAIN.
And if Bowa’s assessment of our left fielder’s attitude is correct Dom Brown needs to get the fuck off my team. If he moves like he swings then he better leave now so he can get to his car in the parking lot by Friday. Larry’s 100000000% correct when saying other than 6 weeks last year he has been beyond awful. If he’s smiling every day being content batting around the Mendoza life then that’s all I need to know. Get someone with heart and attitude out there who can blindly swing his dick around and still get 2 singles for every 10 at bats.