Shane Victorino greets reporters with string of expletives- Newsday

David Lennon of Newsday reports his experience trying to chat with some Phillies after Friday's workout (well before the evening game). Media types waited in hopes some Phillies might say a few words. Players choose to meet and greet or not, reporters take the job knowing this. However:

• (Newsday): "Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and Jayson Werth were conspicuous by their absence (in the clubhouse).
• Ryan Howard loudly proclaimed that he was not talking.
• Shane Victorino, after some persistent prodding, gave an interview in which

• he greeted reporters with a string of expletives and then dismissed most of the questions.

Jamie Moyer sat at his locker and chatted for about an hour - but he's not even on the active roster.

• It wasn't the type of behavior you would expect from a Phillies team that had been in this same spot only a year earlier and won the whole thing.

Was it a business-first mentality taking over? Was it exasperation with the national spotlight only four days into the World Series experience? Legitimate questions - but no one was around to answer them."...

• 11/1/09, "World Series Insider: Yanks Much Easier to Deal with than Phils"

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