IF THERE WAS a lesson to be learned last night in the home clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park, it was that a uniform can cover up a man, but not his emotion, and that in the end, a professional athlete hurts just the same as the 45,883 fans who watch his game.
In one room of the vast expanse of tunnels and rooms that snakes beneath the stadium's bowl, a 64-year-old manager busied himself with the various responsibilities and feelings that come with burying a mother. In another room, a 27-year-old outfielder who had just turned in one of the best games of his life was informed that his 82-year-old grandmother had passed away.
JERRY LODRIGUSS / Staff photographer
Winning pitcher and three-hit, three-RBI man Brett Myers is greeted at dugout after scoring in second inning.
