Jayson Werth got the last laugh, but he is taking the high road.
Werth had nothing but politically correct and nice things to say about the Phillies after his two-run single crushed their miniscule playoff hopes on Wednesday night, but he was candid in his explantion of why he snubbed some kids in the front row out of a ball that came his way in the on-deck circle in the ninth inning.
The crowd grew even angrier with Werth than they already were, but the intense at-bat ended when Werth silenced the crowd with the single and sent them to the exits.
He did not throw the ball to the kids because of a previous incident in right field where a man stole the ball from a woman and threw it back on the field. He also said he saw "snarling," "possibly intoxicated middle-aged men" behind the kids, which made him hesitate to throw the ball.
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