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But Jose Reyes widened that rift Wednesday when he thrust his right index finger into the air as he rounded first base after hitting a three-run home run in a 6-3 victory over the Phillies at Shea Stadium. The hotdog act caught the eyes of many in the visitors' dugout, some of whom weren't happy about it.
These two teams don't like each other, do they?
"I'd say that's a fair statement, yes," Ryan Madson said before yesterday's 3-1 loss to the Mets, which dropped the Phillies into second place in the National League East for the first time since May 31.
Madson served up the home run to Reyes but said he hadn't noticed Reyes' gesture toward the heavens.
"I haven't seen it," Madson said. "I'm sure somebody will come up to me if something needs to be done. I need to talk to other people about it first because I don't want to get any of our guys hurt. . . . We'll see how it plays out, I guess. That's the way that team is, and they're going to be like that."
Reyes is one of the more flamboyant players in the game, no question, but he isn't the first player to admire his home runs. Players stand at home plate and admire them all the time.
Some call it showboating.
It's also called pimping.
"At the same time, then you see somebody else do it, it's OK," Charlie Manuel said. "Now what's good for one is good for the other. If you get mad because he does it, then get mad when somebody else does it. If you want to do something about it, do it.
"That used to be showing up the other team, but at the same time, I've seen that done so many times now. Some people get away with it. Some people don't. It's like wearing your hat backwards."
But did Manuel have a problem with it?
"I don't know," he said.
Reyes told reporters Wednesday, "That situation, tie game, you hit a three-run home run there, you've got to enjoy it because it's never easy when you play against the Phillies."
Reyes wasn't plunked with any pitches yesterday in the series finale. Manuel acknowledged before the game that he didn't want any of his players injured or suspended in beanball wars.
"When we retaliate against things, I'm all for that, but at the same time if you lose some of your good players for an amount of time, that definitely can hurt you," Manuel said.
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