Correction: please do not throw batteries at J.D. Drew, Philly fans

Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe points us to what is easily my favorite baseball-related newspaper correction in some time. It comes in the wake of a March 5th column by T.J. Furman of the Philadelphia Inquirer:

“In Saturday’s “High & Inside” column, The Inquirer made a regretful attempt at humor in a reference to Boston Red Sox outfielder J.D. Drew’s coming to Philadelphia to play against the Phillies in June. The sentence, “Get your D-cells ready,” should have been edited out of the story. Any reference to throwing batteries at a player is neither funny nor acceptable.”

I’m sure the response from the Philly faithful will be that Furman is a bum and that he was only trying to rouse rabble. But the thing is, even the biggest bums are more or less in touch with the rabble they wish to rouse. Even if this was completely disingenuous claptrap on Furman’s part, he doesn’t write it if he doesn’t think that people will eat it up.

Which leads me to ask: are there really people in Philly who hate J.D. Drew after all of these years? Many of which have been far more successful for the team than they have been for Drew? Because if they do still hold a grudge, that’s pretty sad man.