Quotable: Shane Says He Effed Up, No Questions Asked

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The Phillies found themselves down two runs to start the bottom of the ninth inning on Monday evening thanks in part to Jamie Moyer getting squeezed on a would-be called third strike only to give up a three run blast to Wes Effing Helms. The Phils were down 5-3 when Shane Victorino led off the ninth. Vic did a fantastic job working a walk to bring the tying run to the plate. Then he made the completely boneheaded decision to try and steal second with Matt "I only hit home runs" Stairs at the dish. Shane was thrown out and knew he screwed up big time:

"There’s no excuses to the fact that I f'd up." -Shane after the game

It was only one play in a nine inning game but it took the wind out of the Phillies come back attempt and gave Marlins closer Matt Lindstrom even more heat on his fastball.

Charlie's quip in the post game was also rather telling, "evidently it was his decision."

Lose.

Scott Lauber has the full Victorino quote and David Murphy has much more on Vic's caught stealing.

Shane quote courtesy of Todd Zolecki on Twitter. Follow us here.

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