Snell

There is an awful lot being made of the comments made by Ian Snell after his start in the 9-1 shellacking by the Reds on Thursday. Essentially, Snell said that the fact that Jim Colborn came out to the mound to talk to him at all really pissed him off. He seemed especially pissed because the three homers he gave up in that start were "joke" home runs (they probably since it's Great American and they were hit by Ryan Freel and Javier Valentin). Today, Jim Tracy declined to comment on Snell's comments, which I think is a good thing. Should Snell have said what he said? Probably not in public like that. But the truth is, part of what makes Snell a promising pitcher is because of how competitive he can get. Early in the year he got off to a terrible start, then made up some reason to be pissed off at the Phillies and delievered a gem. Last offseason he backed out of both the Arizona Fall League, criticized the Pirates a whole bunch, and became their top starter this year. Hold his tongue? Snell doesn't do that.