I didn’t cover the game tonight. I wasn’t in the press box, so I can’t give you the professional sports journalist perspective on this one, but what a night it was for Phillies third baseman Alec Bohm.
Really, if I’m being honest, I’m not sure I can recall a night quite like the one Bohm had against the Mets on Monday. Just wild.
You probably know by now the third baseman (who is not a third baseman) began his night on pace to make nine errors.
The lowlight came on this play:
What the hell is Alec Bohm doing? pic.twitter.com/dxbViPDew6
— Hunter Brody (@Brodes81) April 11, 2022
Or maybe it came on this one:
Get Alec Bohm off the field NOW pic.twitter.com/Tki8Y7Dzla
— Hunter Brody (@Brodes81) April 11, 2022
Either way, Bohm was understandably crushed by many of the 22,317 fans assembled at Citizens Bank Park, prompting a three-hour lip reading exercise on Twitter:
Sarcastic cheers from the fans after Alec Bohm made a routine play followed by a possible “I fucking hate this place”
Am I reading this wrong? pic.twitter.com/Dpqgg1oTr4
— Hunter Brody (@Brodes81) April 11, 2022
Fucking hate this place? Couldn’t be.
Fucking hate these plays? Maybe? Doesn’t make a lot of sense, but, let’s give the guy the benefit of the doubt, right? No way he would lash out at the fans of a city who haven’t seen their team play a postseason baseball game in 3,839 days for being upset about his inability to make a routine throw. No way…
Actually, yes way. He admitted as much after the game, which, somehow, may have been the best thing he could’ve done. Following a wild 5-4 comeback victory in which Bohm reached base three times, including a leadoff walk in the eighth inning that kickstarted an improbable five-run rally, Bohm owned his in-game comment.
Does Alec Bohm actually “hate this place?”
Doesn’t sound like it.
“Look, emotions got the best of me. I said it. Do I mean it? No. It’s a frustrating night for me, obviously. … These people, these fans, they just want to win. … I don’t mean that.” pic.twitter.com/Q7VZ2aBoAg
— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) April 12, 2022
Truly, this might be the weirdest single-day character arc from a local athlete I’ve ever seen. In the matter of three hours, Bohm:
- played historically horrible defense
- said he hates Philadelphia
- reached base three times
- owned his comments (rare for a pro athlete)
- emerged looking…good?
It’s going to be a rough morning for Angelo Cataldi, assuming he went to bed during the third inning, all geeked up to do four hours of Bohm talk. Can picture it now:
“They won? He owned it? We’re not doing four hours of Bohm?”
A wild comeback win and some rare athlete accountability? Worth discussing, sure, but Bohm’s candid comments just don’t hit the same now.
That said, while the struggling third baseman redeemed himself at the plate — and postgame — the Phillies have some difficult decisions to face in the coming days. At some point, it’s not on the player when the expected result is the result.
Bohm simply isn’t going stick at third base in the long run, but his bat remains intriguing enough that it can help the Phillies in the short term while also potentially generating trade interest, which I suspect are both reasons he will continue to see at-bats this month.
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