Media Hypocrisy on Display with Trea Turner Ovation

What a night! Everyone have fun? I know I did. I felt like god damn Jon Snow before the Battle of the Bastards and anyone that had WIP in their Twitter bio was riding towards me:

Lets get into it!

If you’re new here, this is the original blog that sent everyone into a tailspin on Friday. I think the Trea Turner ovation stinks. To be honest, when I wrote that originally, I assumed people were going to be mad at me for calling them insecure and artificial. I had no idea it was going to turn into some mental health debate. I thought I laid it out pretty well and after seeing the ovation unfold last night, I still think it stinks and will continue to think it stinks when they trot it out again today. It’s artificial and people trying to create some moment. By the fourth at bat, people in the stadium had to be like, “This shit again?” Does the positive reinforcement hurt? Absolutely not. But this will go up on the shelf and collect dust like the Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz ovation. If he doesn’t turn it around in the next week the ovations will get quieter and the boos will get louder.

So the standing ovation happens:

Philly's got ya, Trea 👏 pic.twitter.com/KRIO03u8sN

— NBC Sports Philadelphia (@NBCSPhilly) August 4, 2023

Fans booing Kyle Schwarber for striking out seems (*whispers*) hypocritical.

No?

— Anthony SanFilippo (@AntSanPhilly) August 5, 2023

Listen, what the cameras caught was cool. I’ll admit it. Specifically the dudes on the dugout rail and Castellanos waving the towel. They put some Hollywood on it. But lets zoom out a little to the second level where we don’t have 4K tight shots to tell the story:

I don’t even know if this qualifies as a standing ovation? pic.twitter.com/VhFWwCjMRb

— Devan Kaney (@Devan_Kaney) August 4, 2023

What a moment! Most of the people sitting there half-assing some claps! Then finally getting up after they felt implored to. Feels like NBC pumped some artificial crowd noise for an artificial moment into the broadcast if you’re asking me:

Trea Turner did indeed get a standing ovation before first ab. #Phillies pic.twitter.com/pZqLY81kaF

— Aaron Bracy (@Aaron_Bracy) August 4, 2023

Minutes later we had WIP hosts from morning to night fellating themselves and taking credit for the “moment” they were convinced they created. Jack Fritz is fine to go hog wild. He’s apparently been talking about it. The Philly Captain was the first person I saw bring it to my attention. But this fraud Joe Giglio? Take a fucking seat. In June, Joe wanted to pack Turner’s bags 60 days into a 10-year deal. Then he doubled down and traded him to San Diego for Juan Soto after the Padres just gave $200 million to a shortstop in the offseason. Did his mental health not matter then?

You are a hypocrite. You didn’t give a fuck about his mental health when you were packing his bags two months ago. The complete 180 from the radio station that owns the Phillies rights is embarrassing. https://t.co/heGc4x34jx

— Kyle (@kylepaganCB) August 5, 2023

https://t.co/UJfbj5vvq2 pic.twitter.com/DhZ8Vn507d

— CogginToboggan (@CogginToboggan) August 5, 2023

Coming from the guy who has said 100 times he regrets signing him

Talk about phony https://t.co/1tkv48p07z

— Let’s Go to the Phones (@letsgo2thephone) August 5, 2023

Have a fucking backbone @JoeGiglioSports https://t.co/pofpUvSP8e pic.twitter.com/rEiCiQnxpb

— Kyle (@kylepaganCB) August 4, 2023

It’s fraudulent behavior and I fucking hate frauds. And that’s why I went nuclear. And when these guys jump in your DMs, like some did, and tell you how uncool you’re being, which is an entire sidebar about the insecurity of the sports media members in this town, it’s an even bigger farce. That pivot from Joe is some greaseball snake oil salesman shit. And when you tell them that all they say is, “You give us too much credit.” But they know it’s the playbook. It’s the playbook Spike Eskin beat into their heads when he was there. It’s fraud fucking behavior and I can’t stand frauds. And the lasting effects it has around the city is it makes sports fans in this town continually angry and dumb. Just like their predecessor Angelo did for 30+ years.

Back to the night!

Hugh Douglas come on down!

This you cuh?? https://t.co/0uGmoThn9o pic.twitter.com/c54oAoPxG8

— Hugh Douglas🤘🏿 (@Bighugh53) August 5, 2023

I countered with the Turbo Bird because as everyone that follows me knows I’ve had Turner’s back before it was fucking cool:

This is me Turbo Bird https://t.co/cxcEOOBNwm pic.twitter.com/VbRjpL1R45

— Kyle (@kylepaganCB) August 5, 2023

And now I think I have an idea for my next video:

Do me a favor . When you see me call me that to my face . https://t.co/9p48giXM6a pic.twitter.com/KL0nKEbSYi

— Hugh Douglas🤘🏿 (@Bighugh53) August 5, 2023

If you would’ve told 12 year old Kyle watching Hugh vs. TO’s locker room brawl play out on ESPN that one day he would potentially find himself in that same situation I’d think my WWE career was going well.

The weirdest part about the entire night was Hugh tweeting this during the ovation. This you cuh?

So y’all really gave buddy a standing O?? Interesting pic.twitter.com/gOtLqFec9S

— Hugh Douglas🤘🏿 (@Bighugh53) August 4, 2023

Those hits to the head are starting to add up I guess.

WIP producers jumped in:

Kyle. You follow me. I’ve been behind Trea Turner since your buddy wanted to trade him to the Padres after they just signed a $200 mil shortstop 3 months prior

— Kyle (@kylepaganCB) August 5, 2023

I do follow you. I’ve met you in person too. I also thought you might be capable of at least a bit of logic. You can’t separate that take from whether or not he deserved to get a standing ovation at a baseball game? Come on, dude. Lol. You said it yourself.

— Kyle Quinn (@Kyle_QuinnWIP) August 5, 2023

Can’t argue with stupid.

The only positive I can take out of last night was Trea took the first pitch. He never takes the first pitch! Did he swing at the same exact strike out of the zone the very next pitch? Of course he did. But it’s the little things that build up to become bigger things. And I believe they will. Because as we all know I’m a Trea Turner guy at the end of the day.

P.S. I think my favorite part of the entire night was watching the Gordon Ramsay meme play out in real life:

Fans booing Kyle Schwarber for striking out seems (*whispers*) hypocritical.

No?

— Anthony SanFilippo (@AntSanPhilly) August 5, 2023

Kinkead: the only thing I’ll say is that I don’t understand Hugh’s tweet at Pagan. Kyle was against the ovation from the beginning. there is no “gotcha” moment