chip egan wrote:
I listened to Hub speak about the single that landed in front of, I think, Fukodome Saturday and he said Farmer (after initially saying it was Harrelson) was completely wrong about Silva showing up his rightfielder by being mad on the mound. He said that any Cub fan would know he didn't show him up. While I agree he didn't go Zambrano on him, you can't tell me that he wasn't p.o'ed a better attempt at catching the ball wasn't made. The camera catches him clearly showing his being ticked-off that he didn't catch the ball.
I don't blame Farmer for calling Silva out on that one because he saw the reaction and said that isn't what you do. Hub was wrong to say that Farmer didn't know what he was talking about because it looked like Silva was unhappy. While I don't agree with Silva's visable response, I do think he had a reason to be mad because that ball landed within 5 feet of the outfielder. If a better attempt had been made-perhaps a dive-then I don't think we see Silva pissed off. Hub dismissing Farmer's comments as misguided was laughable.
Correct - Silva was clearly upset that the catch was not made. I don't really have a problem with Silva being upset either though. Even though the teams stink, it's still a good atmosphere, and his emotions simply got the better of him. It happens.