TARDY ROLLINS BENCHED BY MANUEL

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BASEBALL: Stuck In Traffic
Published 7/25/2008 by Baseball Crank at Baseball Crank
... The New York media would eat Jose Reyes alive if he missed a key game the Mets lost to the Phillies because he showed up late. Jimmy Rollins isn't getting off much easier for doing just that in today's loss to the Mets. ...

NYC Traffic Helps Bench Jimmy Rollins
Published 7/25/2008 at FanHouse
... (or "J-Roll" to the kids) would not be in the starting lineup for the Phillies' afternoon finale against the Mets. There was no word as to why, so imagination ran wild as to whether it was injury, or disciplinary. When J-Roll grounded out to end the game as a pinch hitter, injury was pretty much ruled out. It was confirmed after the game that it was indeed disciplinary. ...

How Not to Win Over Fans, By Jimmy Rollins
Published 8/14/2008 at The Sporting Blog
After winning the MVP award in '07, calling Jimmy Rollins’ season a “down year” would be a rather large understatement. His OBP has remained about the same, but his runs, HRs, RBI numbers are all way down and he’s hitting about 25-points lower. He was also benched a couple weeks ago for showing up late for a game against the Mets. Seeing as the two teams are in a tie for first, I don’t need to tell you how important every game against NY is for Philly. ...