Reds' Postgame Interview Devolves into Chris Welsh Jokingly Asking Jim Day if He Wants to Come Out of the Closet
By Jason McIntyre
Brandon Phillips of the Reds is a funny guy, and as you can see in the video, he ribbed Fox Sports Ohio reporter Jim Day for saying, “you looked good out there.”
Said Phillips: “You got a man crush, it’s OK.” Later, around the 1 minute mark, Phillips said, “you got a man crush on somebody. You might not like chocolate, that’s what it is, I understand!” Ha! Funny!
Where it got awkward was later, when former pitcher Jim Welsh, a Reds announcer, reignited the man crush banter: “I want to know more about the man crush,” he asks at the 1:45 mark. “You got something to say? A little late night out here in Arizona? This might be the time … ”
Jim Day is married, and pointed at his wedding ring.
Really guys? On the heels of Yunel Escobar? [UPDATE: The reader who sent this in said the postgame moment is from August 28th, so Escobar’s eye-black wasn’t yet a story.] Surely you’ve got better material, no? [video via Bo]