Dude, did you just see the absolute firestorm that erupted on social media? Cincinnati Reds outfielder Dane Myers and former Red Tommy Pham went full-on war-of-words after Myers’ costly fly-ball drop in the ninth inning that handed a loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. Pham wasted no time calling out Myers, basically accusing him of stat-padding at the expense of his team, tweeting, “What’s going on is we have cf’s today who know the value of stealing catches to help their ooa numbers go up bcuz it improves your war so you have this, a game that is lost bcuz the cf didn’t want the lf to catch the ball bcuz he wanted the points.” WHOA. Talk about a brutal shot right to the gut, alleging a loss because of selfish stats!
The Gloves Are OFF: “Average Fan” vs. “Wack ‘OG’”
Myers, clearly stung by the accusation, absolutely snapped back. He called Pham “an average fan” and straight up challenged his vet status. “A ten year vet, decent one at that, a ‘brother’ calling me selfish. You are talking like an average fan man, you spent all that time in big leagues you should know/remember there’s more to a play than what just appears on the screen … that being said play still has to be made,” Myers shot back. He knows he messed up the play, but don’t you dare question his character. Then Myers dropped the bomb: “Sticking with selfish still? Even after a mutual told you that’s not who I am? I’m 30 about to enter first year of arb I’m never getting a big bag, I don’t care about extra .1 oaa, I play to win, quit playing with my name and character. You sound dumb. You’re a wack ‘OG’ to me.” “Wack ‘OG’”? That’s going to sting Pham for a while, especially coming from a player in his first season with the Reds.
Fantasy Football Feuds and Stats-Slamming
Pham wasn’t about to let that “wack OG” slide. He doubled down, tweeting, “What mutual you referring to the mutuals I talked to said your a child and they are tired of you, if I screenshot the text I’ll really embarrass you you a lame plain and simple.” Then it got *really* personal. Myers didn’t flinch, hitting back with a legendary dig: “Screenshot it og, nah a lame is someone who blames at bats on bad pair of contacts, a lame would be someone telling a whole house party they should be on him because he was top in war previous season. This couldn’t be you … right?” This is a direct shot, referencing Pham’s infamous slap of Joc Pederson over a fantasy football disagreement and apparently, his vision issues.
Pham’s final punch was bringing up the stats: “I hit better than you with bad vision at 38 your 30 and you have accumulated 1.2 fwar and 87 wrc going into arb that’s non tender territory your -7drs in cf your teammates, and trainers say your a cry baby and child and don’t respect you.” Ouch. Myers dismissed the stats as “exposing yourself for being lame bringing up stats. Drs is a broken metric, you talk like you were Willie Mays in the outfield … you had a good career Og be happy, don’t forget how hard the game is. I think you’re lying unless you posting screenshots like you said.” The dude just told a “ten year vet” to “be happy” with his career!
This whole mess started over a single misplay, and it escalated into character attacks, stat-shaming, and throwing shade about vision problems. For Myers, who’s 30 and heading into his first year of arbitration, this kind of public spat isn’t exactly helping his cause for a big contract, especially with a veteran player questioning his effort and his value like this. Will we see a truce, or is this beef just getting started?
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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