He came up and in and I still think he did it on purpose, but it’s all good," Phillips said. "We don’t play them again (this year) but I’m gonna face him again. I mean I’m not trying to fight, I’m just trying to get him back for hitting me."
That name again?
"J.D. Martin," Phillips said. "You can look at my hat and his name is in there. I write names in my hat and remember who I need to get … Not fighting or nothing, but getting back at that dude. You give some hard look at ‘em, let ‘em know, let ‘em see your name. …
"It’s just a game. He did what he did to get me out of playing, and he did that. It’s just baseball, man."
— The world according to
Brandon Phillips, who may or may not recall that
Martin started one game as his teammate on the 2004 Buffalo Bisons.
