Myers recounts Boston incident

Beer bottles? Fenway doesn't sell beer bottles - it's $7.50 for a CUP.

Stop whining, wife beater.

Uh, OK then Brett. Seeing how the incident is ancient history and your lawyer isn't involved anymore, tell us now what about the story is false and why we should not think of you as a monsterous, wife-beating jerk.

Myers is a sleezeball. But why do people not feel the need to stop a man from doing this to someone.The events which are discribed take long enough that someone needed to lay a hurtin on Myers quickly.

His quotes are exactly why he would never pitch in Boston and why he is not a team player. Suck it up, get on the mound and pitch for your team no matter what "obstacles" you think you are facing.

"Sorry skip, can't pitch game 6 of the world series, the fans in Boston hurt my feelings..."

Remove the fact that it was his wife and think about it as some random guy beating up on some random woman...Pretty sick stuff....Bret Myers is a loser that beats his wife..a big, fat, ugly pathetic loser.

Brett we look forward to your next start in Boston even if its in 10 years,

He said "I really don't care what people think about me", that being a wife beater is just who he is, yet he doesn't want to pitch at Fenway ever again because "It wasn't just the boos and the things people were throwing. It was just what people thought about me"...? What a pea-brain.

Man I hate this style of reporting. Enough already. If we want topics like this, we'll by gossip papers like National Enquirer. Stick to sports...that's why we come to this site. The other stuff can be saved for second rate TV shows on E! ... not the sports page...OK? It's even less of a story because it was over two years ago...and you aren't advancing the story...just rehashing it.

I love coming here to stay on top of the latest Sox stuff ... but not the wife, of a Phillies pitcher in a two-year old story. You guys can do better.

Hey Myers,
What did you really expected? That they will welcome you with open arms? You are disgrace for beating on your wife. Then you have a nerve to complain about it?Piece of trash.

I was AT that game and someone should tell Brett that there were Phillies fans in attendance wearing wife beaters with his name and number on the back of them. So maybe he can explain that one

What were the Fenway fans supposed to do Brett? Cheer you? For beating your wife? I can just imagine what Nightengale & Co. would have written about Boston fans then.

Brett:

If you hit your wife, you're a wife-beater. To say that you're a jerk is redundant. Deal with it.

I'll bet your wife has the same sentiment, "What happened to me that day in Boston, on the field, I wouldn't wish that on nobody," for shame Brett, for shame.

"So, Mr. Myers, when did you stop beating your wife?"

"June 23rd, 2006"

Wow...I really feel bad. Mr. Meyer's was forced to hear the fans react in a negative manner after he was arrested for beating his wife on one of Boston's busiest streets. This guy is a joke! Instead of just letting something go or showing the slightest remorse, he is actually fishing for some sympathy! What a jerk.

Typical response from a battered wife in denial. And what were fans supposed to do? Pretend it never happened?

You can deny what you are, but you can not deny what was witnessed that day.

Can anybody tell him we in New England take spousal abuse more seriously than him? If he doesn't want to get booed, then, he shouldn't have abuses his wife. Period.

If he doesn't care what people think, then why would he ask out of pitching in Fenway.

Also, I wonder about his claims of people throwing beer bottles at him, considering Fenway does not serve them.

In the words of the immortal Trot Nixon, "that's the biggest laughingstock I've ever heard". Don't worry Myers, Kim wouldn't have needed protection if you guys had come here. I love how he confuses the issue - it's not about what he did do, it's about what he did not do. It's not about what he did do, it's about what the fans did to him. He'll get the same honest opinions next time too. Some cities might not have the guts to take a stand and make an example of guys like this, but I was glad we did.

brave enough to beat your wife but too chicken-it to pitch in Boston again if neccessary. what a guy.

I admit it, I misunderstood. Sorry for thinking you're a monster, Brett.
Next time you're in Boston, lets get together. Pound a couple cold ones before hitting the streets for some chick bashing. Brett, are you a slapper or more of the closed fist type?
Oh how I misunderstood.

I'll never forget the sign a Philly fan held up at Myers's next home start: "What happens in Boston stays in Boston." Stay classy, Philadelphia.

thats b.s. whats there to misunderstand about the jerk. he beat his wife.

I was at the game Myers pitched the day after he beat up his wife. The crowd was predictably harsh towards him, as they should have been, but I did not hear or witness anybody "crossing the line". What a fool.

Blown out of proportion???

How the hell is "dragging her by her hair while slapping her in the face" blown out of proportion.

This guy's worthless. Oh, there was another side to the story? What was it... you thought your own wife was a friggen rag doll you could trounce around the streets?

I'm glad he never wants to come to Boston again. We don't need wife-beating cowards in our city. Any city in this country would have reacted the same way to this degenerate. I would have loved to have been there to see this pig take his beating.

If the Phillies win, it won't be because of you Brett. Good luck with your disfunctional marriage.

This man is a batterer and deserves to be known as such. He deserves no sympathy or forgiveness. He was brazen enough to abuse his wife publicly on the streets of Boston, and now he has no sympathy for anyone but himself. It is a disgrace that this man was ever allowed to pitch in Fenway in the first place--only a day after he battered his wife--so what he got from the Boston fans was nothing compared to what he really deserves. I hope to see a day when battering and domestic violence becomes so socially unacceptable that people like Brett Myers will not be given a clean slate.

Multimillion-dollar wife-beating husbands are often "misunderstood". What's really hard to understand is why Charlie Manuel hands this guy a fresh baseball every five days with no more censure than a gentle pat on the butt.

What a tool. He blames Boston because he is misunderstood? What's even worse is that his wife is making excuses for him. Very sad....

"I know there are people out there that think I'm a jerk. There are people out there who think I'm a wife-beater. That will never change,"

Gee, why would we get that impression?

Hey, there's a good way to try to put this in the past. Talk to a newspaper reporter who is going to write about it and have the story on the internet. Myers is a not just classless, but an idiot too.

I wish i was there to treat him like he did his wife. And see if he likes it, the jerk

"What happened to me that day in Boston, on the field, I wouldn't wish that on nobody." Wow. I wouldn't wish what happened to his wife on anybody.

"I know there are people out there that think I'm a jerk. There are people out there who think I'm a wife-beater. That will never change," says Myers . . .

"But you know what, I really don't care what people think about me. … If people don't like me, they can deal with it. This is who I am."

So you ARE a wife-beater is what you're saying? Great. Thanks for clearing that up you piece of trash.

what a joke. i was infuriated when it happened and now im just angry all over again. Then on top of the incident we gotta hear this guy cry about pitching at the fens because basically people were doing exactly what they should have.....letting him know what a piece of garbage he is. no excuse to ever hit a woman....ever. Drunk, sober makes no difference. If that was a regular guy he would be in prison.

I'm sorry...did I read this wrong or are we supposed to feel sorry for booing him during his warm up the day after he assaulted his wife? Whine of the Week...where are you?

Meh. Whatever. If you don't care if you get slapped or dragged by your hair in public, neither do I. I guess the allure of the Major League money smoothes over alot of character flaws.

Sadly, Mrs. Myers, like so many victims of domestic abuse who suffer from low self esteem, enable their abusers to continue their violent behavior in the hope that things will change. This lack of self esteem fosters a climate of dependency and makes leaving their abusers very difficult. If Mrs. Myers friends and the wives of her husband's teammates really care about her they should assist her in getting the help and support she needs.

Yea, right. We all act this.

Its like he is blaming Boston for something. He needs to take responsibility. - BC

Quote 1: But you know what, I really don't care what people think about me. … If people don't like me, they can deal with it. This is who I am.

Quote 2: It wasn't just the boos and the things people were throwing. It was just what people thought about me. I didn't have a chance to explain.

WOW! What a loser!

what happened to him that day at fenway he doesnt wish apon anyone?

how about what happened to his wife?

Self centered brat that makes alot of money, its all about him. Not his wife, but him. Oh poor baby , look what he had to endure? One day of people telling him the truth of how much of a loser he really is. Too bad that jerks win the world series too!

"Myers told Nightengale said he heard vicious chants and was pelted with beer bottles and trash while warming up. "What happened to me that day in Boston, on the field, I wouldn't wish that on nobody," Myers said.
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What happened to his wife that day, I wouldn't wish on anyone.

Also, when did they start serving beer in bottles at Fenway? I thought they only served cups?

Through Myers' own quotes reported in the globe (and other newspapers) at the time of the disgraceful assault, it was clearly revealed that this emasculate woman-beating brute-- without any remorse-- saw himself as the real victim, and the folks of Boston as the bullies in this shameful incident.

It seems as though he hasn't changed a bit since then, and that all the supposed counseling he received hasn't given him even the tiniest sense of personal accountability, or moved him one inch closer to being a man. His wife still seems to reflect the stereotypic battered wife syndrome (like O.J.'s poor wife did), and I still worry about their little girl, and what her future holds if society doesn't look out for her (and her mom).

I live on the west coast, and I hear from afar about how awful the Red Sox fans are, and how unfriendly the people of Boston can be. But I'll tell you; when I read about this cowardly assault, and how some heroic folks in Boston actually got involved (and risked injury from this threatening 6 ft 4 inch, 240+ lbs giant), and that the good Red Sox fans spoke up loud and clear against a thug who otherwise went unpunished, I realized: you folks are some kind of alright!

Myers can't handle Boston; but he sure thinks he can manhandle his wife....
You don't want to pitch in Boston, Myers ??
We don't want you in our City, Myers....

Go drag your wife through the streets of Philadelphia and stay out of Boston.

Lowlife....

Joe-- your low opinion of female victims (and perhaps, women in general) reflects very poorly on you, and your manhood. It also indicates that you are extremely uninformed about the realities of the cycle of abuse.

I'm actually pretty proud of Fenway Fans for this. Screw this guy. If you want to be treated properly, don't beat up your wife, jerk.

Biggest scumbag in baseball.

I'm a Sox fan who lives near Philly, and it disgusts me that the Boston incident has been totally forgotten here. So I'm glad this came up again even if the Red Sox didn't make the World Series. And what a disadvantage this would've put the Phillies in, since Myers could basically only start Game 4, unless Charlie Manuel had denied the request.

You all should see the P.R. rehab the Phillies have tried to do with him by putting him in their TV ads to sell tickets, scripting him to be a happy-go-lucky good guy.

Myers is a scrub and a wife beater. Once a wife beater always a wife beater. Someone should smack him around and see how he likes it. Funny thing is that people like that are usually wimps and can't even defend themselves against someone their own size and stature. I'm just sorry that his wife doesn't have the courage to stand up to him and make him get the help he needs. It will happen again.....

She didn't press any charges...she is as dumb as him.

So, it was Boston's fault he beat and humiliated his wife in public?
What a world class creep!
There's NO excuse to hitting a woman. Period.
He couldn't explain to the fans taunting him?
What would his explanation have been? She hit my fist with her face?
Just crawl back into the hole you came from.
I notice his wife is still with him. Too bad, this is often the case.

If the Tampa fans want to help the Rays in game 6 they can start in on Myers early and often. Maybe that will another place the jerk won't be able to pitch.

I'm not here to defend Bretty Myers, but this article selectively chooses quotations from the original interview. And the worst ones are chosen and the ones for a different point of view are conveniently excluded. Quotations that are not mentioned here include:

"They say I dragged my wife by her hair," Myers says. "Never happened.
"They say I kicked her and threw her around like a rag doll. Never happened.
"I never did anything to her. There was nothing on her face. I was actually trying to protect her and get her to her room. She didn't want to go, and things got carried away.

"When you're both heavily intoxicated, that stuff does stuff to you you're not supposed to do."

What a scumbag....

His lawyers told him not to talk? Talk about what Brett? What, were you going to say that your wife probably deserved it? Or she just would shut up...?

Puleeze Myers. You are a low-life scumbag, and we all understand that side of you.

Same old story, Couple goes out to bar. Couple gets drunk. Man wants to go home. Wife is drunk and wants to stay out partying. So man beats his wife in public.

Brett Myers is a scumbag. A wifebeater. He was SLAPPING her and pulling by the hair. And she stayed with him? Why? Is being married to a rich ballplayer worth it?

How typical he would play the "victim" card. He's more upset with the reaction to his animalistic behavior than the fact he clobbered his wife. Wake the hell up Brett -- once a wife-beater, always a wife-beater. Even once. Just like a virgin, either you are or you aren't. No grey area.
And this was in public with witnesses -- imagine what he's done, is doing, and will continue to do in private. Frightening. Hell, he hasn't faced any real consequences anyway -- what's to stop him? He's got some game, and like so many other rich athletes he gets a pass. If he wins, no one really cares...

Damn Brett you didn't get the email from your GM??? He says you're going to be traded to the Red Sox after the season ends. Theo sent 3 Philly cheese steaks to your GM & we get you ... seems like a fair trade. Hey what kind of beer do you like? I'll make sure I sneak in a BOTTLE for you next time you visit Fenway.

Two words for you Mr. Myers......Jason Kidd.

How did you expect the fans to act towards you?

You get paid millions of dollars to throw a 100 pitches 35 times a year....suck it up and pitch, you have a job that most people would kill for.......life must be so tough....I know if I had all your money....I would beat my wife....out of pure frustration with my messed up life....loser

Hmm. Let's take the (unpopular) contrarian view here. Consider:

1) No one on the outside really know what goes on between two people in a married/sexual relationship.

2) If his wife wanted to get out of the marriage and clean out her husband, boy, that was her chance. The publicity surrounding that incident alone would have induced any jury to write her a blank check.

3) But - she DIDN'T do that. Why not? Stockholm syndrome? Maybe. But Stockholm is all about giving in to pressure, in a situation where one party (a captor or, in this case, a husband) has more or less exclusive access to the victim. But this was a high-profile incident, not an ordinary wife-beating that's in the news for two seconds (if at all). She would have gotten all kinds of offers of help from various groups, and lawyers smelling big money. So - she had a clear way out, which she did not take.

My conclusion is that there's a lot to this that was NOT played out on the Boston streets. There's lots we don't know, then and now. And his wife - the victim here - wants the attacks on her husband to STOP. She wants to be with him, and she wants to put this stuff behind her. So why aren't we, the public - who have no place in all this - respecting HER clearly stated wishes?

Beat your wife, blame it on someone else (I know, "she drove you to it"...), and get upset because you were called out for what you are. Too much of a wimp to even pitch here - oh, I guess now it's the fans' fault.

You beatin' your kids? The dog? I know, they "made" you do it too. You're not a man.

You abused your wife on the streets in Boston and then you complain about fans picking on you?? You lied about beer bottles thrown at you, you only got plastic cups tossed at you.... ooooooowwwwww, did they hurt you, you big baby?!

3/4 of the crowd that day were probably wife beaters or abusive parents so Myers should just grow up and understand that the world is full of hypocrites and rather than whine and cry like a little baby go out there and shut them all up.

hey, meyers, get your lies together. they don't serve beer in bottles at fenway. it's been like that for a long time, before you ever came to fenway. there's good reason why THEY DON'T serve beer in bottles... for wife beating lying losers like YOU!!!! DUMB ASS !!! And aren't you lucky they DON'T.

Amazing culture now where everyone is a victim, no perpetrators! Someone beats his wife on city streets and the witnesses who see it don't understand how victimized he was in slapping a woman silly. Maybe I should rob the next bank I see and claim it was the bank's fault for having all that enticing money inside!

What's truly amazing is his wife says that she wants people to see that he's not a monster. Yet the witness quotes that she screams, "I'm not going to let you do this to me anymore." That leads me to believe that this wasn't even close to being a one time incident, and that maybe it was a pretty frequent occurrence. It's truly a shame that she didn't have the strength to leave him. Of course, if the Phillies win, the fans will go nuts for him and I'm sure she'll be by his side.

EVERYTHING Brett and his wife said demonstrate classic domestic violence behavior. The pattersn are remarkable similar from case to case when the husband is in denial.
Husband beats wife, gets arrested. Wife recants, says the whole thing was a misunderstanding. Often wife recants because the husband threatens her with additional physical, emotional abuse, or to cut her off financially.
In many states, such as here in Illinois, the charges cannot be dropped at the request of the wife BECAUSE of the likelyhood that the wife will be forced to recant.
Perhaps Massachusetts should update its domestic violence laws.

Seriously, this guy is worthless. He acts as if he is hated in Boston for saying he thinks the city sucks. We have an impartial citizen witness saying he hit and dragged his wife IN PUBLIC. What a goddamned moron.

I wonder what his wife looked like after he got sent to the minors? Too bad she did the whole stand by her man deal. I bet the guy was in a great mood after game 2 of the World Series. I don't care what the story is or was at the time, nothing calls for raising your hands on a woman.

Hopefully Boston fan will start a trend. Give this abuser hell in every ball park until he deals with his problem. Can't believe he is not behind bars.

Why was he allowed to do that in public?
Shouldn't someone have thrown a shoulder shiver into him?

I was at Fenway on that day he pitched. I'm proud of how the crowd handled him. Nobody crossed the line. He never wants to pitch in Boston again because he's a sorry loser. This guy is a professional? What a coward! I guess he'll be wearing his ring the next time he beats the crap out of his wife.

So you beat your wife, drag her by the hair and it is all Boston's fault? We will be only too glad to never see your cowardly ass in Boston ever again! A wife beater never changes, never takes responsibility and always blames someone else. Just you wait and see. Before too long this worthless scum will be in the news again. I just hope it won't be because he killed his wife. As for her, she must be either too stupid or is enamored with his money to stay with the bum and make excuses for him. I just hope she learns before it is too late.

Mr. Some Guys never learn,
I don't know who those people who told you how awful the Red Sox fans are or where they got their stories. I am from California and meet a lot of Red Sox fans and let me tell you they are not what you heard. My son and his girlfriend went to Boston and spent a week there to watch some Sox games and they had a blast!
They spent July 4th in Boston, watched some games and met a ton of Red Sox fans and every one of them were nice and courteous. So before you listen to those rumors consider the source and also find out whose baseball team they are rooting for. That may very well show you why they say all these terrible lies.

myers is a coward who does not belong in society.intimitate the wife into not prosecuting what a man.why is the wife still around this piece of garbage.myers your day will come someday.

What a A-Hole!

The Sox play the Phillies in Philly in June. I think the Nation should be well represented and let Wife Beater know how we all feel.

Ever since I beat my wife in the parking lot at Foxboro Stadium I don't ever want to see another Patriots game again. It's all the Pats fault. What a f-ing jerk.

Blame should be dealt out equally in the Myers household. His wife should have blown the whistle on him the very first time he lifted just one finger towards her. He would have been thrown in jail and this would have never had happened in the streets of Boston town!

Myers = coward

MLB is as much to blame for letting Myers live a privaledged life playing a kids game for mucho dinero

His comment...."This is who I am".......what's the matter with this guy.He deserved to get pelted.Any so called man that beats his wife, girl,daughter or son,deserves something worthy of reciprocation, too.These sport figures,or so called,should give it up.They know they are targets and had better anticipate mockery for such acts.Why can't we go back to the old school when men were men and appreciated a loved one that they would enjoy identity with......I'm enjoying sports less and less because of incidents like this.

His comment...."This is who I am".......what's the matter with this guy.He deserved to get pelted.Any so called man that beats his wife, girl,daughter or son,deserves something worthy of reciprocation, too.These sport figures,or so called,should give it up.They know they are targets and had better anticipate mockery for such acts.Why can't we go back to the old school when men were men and appreciated a loved one that they would enjoy identity with......I'm enjoying sports less and less because of incidents like this.

Brett should *beat* some sense into his wife. He hit her and she goes on to defend him?

Man, how unfair, eh Brett? You beat *one* wife, and all of a sudden people are calling you a "wife beater".

Just a thought, and I don't know if I am mistaken.... He claims he was pelted with beer bottles.... Last time I checked, Fenway doesn't sell beer bottles, does it?

WORLD CHAMPS BABY!