HE RECALLED it almost instantly, answering as if it occurred yesterday. The most embarrassing moment of Mickey Moniak's baseball career, though, happened over a decade ago, the baseball IQ referenced constantly Tuesday apparently not carrying over into the acumen needed to handle the zipper part of his first-ever uniform.
"And I had to go to the bathroom really bad," the Phillies' No.1 overall pick was saying. "And I was playing shortstop and I didn't know how to get my thing undone. And so I peed in my pants."
On Tuesday, at a press conference in the basement of Citizens Bank Park, they handed out a lot of reasons why Moniak may succeed spectacularly in the major leagues, starting with his baseball IQ.