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Monday marked the first time that the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds met since Reds radio announcer Marty Brennaman called Cubs fans "the most obnoxious in baseball" after they threw a bunch of baseballs on the field. Marty then followed that comment up by calling Cubs fans "brain dead" a few days later.

Needless to say, those comments didn't make Brennaman very popular amongst Cubs fans (though White Sox fans no doubt loved it). Well, Brennaman's partner in the radio booth, former Red Jeff Brantley, decided to one up his colleague on Sunday. After the Reds lost their fifth straight game, Brantley said "I'm not including everybody but there are some guys on this team ... if they win, great. If they lose, they could care less."

Current Reds reliever David Weathers was listening on the radio at the time, and he was not amused.

"Maybe he knows more about the game than we do," Weathers told TV reporters before the Reds played the Cubs on Monday. "If he does, congratulations, maybe he should come out with a uniform on."

Though after the Reds ended their losing streak by beating the Cubs on Monday night, Weathers had calmed down, and was pretty shocked by the attention his comments were receiving.

"I feel like I'm on 'The View,' and I've said something to Barbara [Walters]," Weathers said. "I don't see the big deal with it.

"It's easy to say [what Brantley said] when things are going tough for a team. It's easy to dogpile. I felt like he was doing that. Me and Brantley are good friends. He knows that. We take a lot of pride in what we do."

Well it's nice to see that Brantley and Weathers have kissed and made up. While I understand why Weathers would get upset about Jeff's comments, players are quite surly during a losing streak, I don't think he really needs to get all that bent out of shape over them. Brantley's job is to share his opinion on what he sees taking place on the baseball field, and if it's his opinion that some of the Reds players look like they don't care, well then he should share it.

Besides, it's not like he accused anyone of being drunk out there.