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COLE HAMELS
Starting Pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies

In 2008 you were the NLCS and World Series MVP, won 18 games, picked up the Phillies first championship in decades, and you’re married to Survivor hottie Heidi Strobel. So, congratulations!
It was an amazing year for our team. It doesn’t get better than winning the World Series.

We meant congratulations on being married to Heidi.
Yeah, before I met her, I was a Derek Jeter kind of guy. But you start to think, Is this girl here for me or my money or fame? I like being married better. Jeter’s among the one percent of ballplayers who can pull off what he does. He’s phenomenal on and off the field.

You called the Mets choke artists on their flagship radio station. Were you goaded into saying it?
I didn’t know it was a New York station. That was Major League Baseball’s fault for doing that.

How insane was Bud Selig to allow you to pitch Game Five of the World Series in a Nor’easter?
By the fifth inning, it was absolutely ridiculous. By the sixth inning, it was unplayable.

Do you ever worry you’ll never sign a Mega-contract? Former Phillie Darren Daulton says the end of the world is slated for 2012?
It’ll be interesting to see what he’ll say after 2012. I know the world will not end in 2012. You can bet on that.