Jamie Moyer is Human, After All

His public ventilation about his demotion to the bullpen upon the activation of Pedro Martinez disappointed many fans. Those fans thought that Moyer was all about team, first and foremost, and that he was putting himself before the team by saying publicly that the Phillies had misled him about his role. I'm sure that Moyer is disappointed -- he's a competitor -- but he wasn't producing well enough to remain in the rotation, as increasingly each start, inning and pitch was becoming an adventure. It's hard for any competitor to realize when he's not producing and might be worthy of replacing -- that's what makes a person a competitor in the first place, because he works hard with blinders on to do the best he can and eliminate distractions and naysayers from his mind -- but Moyer shouldn't have been surprised. He's been in the business a long time, and he saw the Phillies only last year farm out starter Kyle Kendrick, who had won 11 games for them e...