"Phillips is one of those guys who likes to talk shit. He's good, and actually plays better when he's emotionally involved, so he gets emotionally involved. It's a fucking annoyance if you have to play against the son of a bitch, because the only thing worse then losing to a rival, is having them talk shit every out along the way."

I remember him playing poorly when the Reds came to St. Louis last September, but that's not germain to what I'm about to write.
The problem I have with Phillips is his comments were a) unnecessary; and b) he really didn't earn the right to make them.
Remember, he sought out the reporter to tell him he doesn't like the Cardinals, not the other way around. Even if the Cardinals are whiny bitches, so what? Win something first, then you can talk. Otherwise, keep your mouth shut.
And not to dredge up the substance of the argument for the 111th time, but Carpenter had a point. The baseballs are supposed to be rubbed up. Arroyo doesn't want the balls rubbed up because he gets more movement. Did Carpenter complain "incessantly," as Marty Brennaman's mentally-retarded son suggests? I don't know. I read about Carpenter mentioning the issue about the baseballs once in a notes column in the on-line version Post-Dispatch. If it was a bigger deal than that, maybe it's because people on the Reds' side made it a bigger deal than that.
And at this point it seems to me the Reds have spent more time complaining about Carpenter complaining than Carpenter actually complained.
Now, obviously, these words are from a Cardinals' fan who wants to give Carpenter every benefit of the doubt, but subsequently, we've gotten the real story about allegations from Carpenter complaining about the fireworks and the mound at GAB earlier in the season. It wasn't Carpenter complaining, it was him accommodating requests from the umpire.
So, can we assume that maybe, just maybe, it's the Reds who are really the whiny bitches? I suppose if I was on my way to not winning the 13th consecutive series to another team in its own ballpark like the Reds are in St. Louis, I'd probably be a little frustrated, too.

Artie, just for grins I'll mention this. I play an internet game called League of Legends. It's this goofy little 5v5 player vs player game. We have a few guys together playing, just really keeping in contact until the next big game hits.

Inevitably if we're losing, the other team will start rubbing our ass in it. "Fail", "You noob", "You're fucking terrible, kill yourself", typical internet crap.... Should you reply you are spammed with "umad bro?", "u sound mad", "so mad" for the remainder of the game. Why? Because there's a large group of people who are just "trolls". The point of the antic or discussion is to get a reaction. I might get called "n**ger" in a game as well, for the same reason. It inspires a rage-reaction, and some people just love pissing other people off (Howard Stern?). The moment you respond, then it's just a contest for how long the troll can keep you snarling.

Brandon Phillips trolled St. Louis pretty hard, and the entire fanbase is still biting on it. That still doesn't make him an asshole in Cincinnati though. It just makes them crack up at how bad we let him get to us. Same as Cueto.

I agree with Alz.  We are treating the Reds like the Cubs treat us.