Sunday insider and 7th-inning stretch

If you follow Reds All-Star Brandon Phillips on Twitter, you know that the second baseman goes there by "@DatDudeBP." He has more than 100,000 followers because he's very entertaining.

On Monday in Phoenix, Phillips, the Mets' Jose Reyes and Nationals prospect Bryce Harper took part in an event called "Under Armour's Clubhouse Confidential MLB All-Star Chat," during which the trio answered fan questions via Under Armour's Facebook page.

When a fan asked Phillips to name his favorite ballpark, he responded, "New York, I love Citi Field and who knows, maybe one day, I'll be playing next to him," referring to Reyes.

I followed up the next day at the Chase Field home clubhouse, a couple of hours before the All-Star Game, as Reyes and Phillips dressed in lockers next to each other.

"So you'll be a Met someday"? I asked Phillips.

"No," Phillips responded. "I said I wanted to play with Jose, but he's not going back to the Mets!"

Reyes laughed heartily.

It was just two guys having fun. At least, I think it was.