David Wells had "raging hangover" when pitching perfect game in 1998.

[Fausto]

Hilarious.

NEW YORK (AP) -- David Wells was ``half-drunk'' when he pitched a perfect game for the New York Yankees in 1998.

In an upcoming autobiography, the New York Yankees pitcher recounts getting drunk at a ``Saturday Night Live'' cast party that ended in the early hours of the day he pitched against Minnesota.

``As of this writing, 15 men in the history of organized baseball have ever thrown a perfect game,'' he writes in galleys of the book. ``Only one of those men did it half-drunk, with bloodshot eyes, monster breath and a raging, skull-rattling hangover. That would be me.''

 

[tweakmm]

who was the guy who pitched tripping his nuts off?

 

[Queasy]

LMAO...like those guitar players who say they play better drunk or stoned.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: tweakmm
who was the guy who pitched tripping his nuts off?

Dock Ellis for the Pirates, 1970.

 

[brxndxn]

who was the guy who pitched tripping his nuts off?

I want to see the answer to that one too! Imagine if a ball got hit right at him.. It would probby look like slow motion and the pitcher would study the laces on the ball while it came right up and hit him..


Nolan Ryan pitched 8 no-hitters. He's the best pitcher ever.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: axiom
Obviously Wells had help writing this book. I can't imagine finding the time between growing his gut and downing cheap beer.

And getting his ass kicked in late-night diners. 😛

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: brxndxn

who was the guy who pitched tripping his nuts off?

I want to see the answer to that one too! Imagine if a ball got hit right at him.. It would probby look like slow motion and the pitcher would study the laces on the ball while it came right up and hit him..


Nolan Ryan pitched 8 no-hitters. He's the best pitcher ever.

Here's an excerpt from an interview with Ellis I found:
"The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me."

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: axiom
Obviously Wells had help writing this book. I can't imagine finding the time between growing his gut and downing cheap beer.

My favorite sloppy baseball player story is about John Kruk. Before a game, he was sitting around smoking a cigarette when a kid and his mother came to him for his autograph. The mother thought he was disgusting and told him that he should be ashamed as an athlete looking the way he did. He responded, "Lady, I'm not an athlete. I'm a baseball player."

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: axiom
Obviously Wells had help writing this book. I can't imagine finding the time between growing his gut and downing cheap beer.

My favorite sloppy baseball player story is about John Kruk. Before a game, he was sitting around smoking a cigarette when a kid and his mother came to him for his autograph. The mother thought he was disgusting and told him that he should be ashamed as an athlete looking the way he did. He responded, "Lady, I'm not an athlete. I'm a baseball player."

😀

 

[mpitts]

He is such an chocoholic, but for booze.

 

[SP33Demon]

I read that after his perfect game, Wells downed a beer for every out in the game in like an hour or so... that's a helluva "power hour". 🙂

 

[idNut]

Originally posted by: Queasy
LMAO...like those guitar players who say they play better drunk or stoned.

I could believe that, you're more relaxed when you're not sober, I imagine.

 

[drewshin]

heh heh i remember john kruk.

that beer gut of wells probably gives him that extra push on the velocity of the ball, much like nolan ryan's high leg kicks. it just rises with him and rockets the ball out of there.

 

[ATLien247]

Originally posted by: kranky

Here's an excerpt from an interview with Ellis I found:
"The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me."

Linkage?

 

[specktre]

to bad the yankees suck.

the yankees suck, the jets suck, and the NY giants suck, oh yeah the whole state of NY is gay.

damn new yorkers thinkin your all, cool, to bad you are all clown ass bitches.

oh yeah its sunny and 'bout 70 degrees over here in cali, hows the weather in the great state of newyork?


Jackasses

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: specktre
to bad the yankees suck.

the yankees suck, the jets suck, and the NY giants suck, oh yeah the whole state of NY is gay.

damn new yorkers thinkin your all, cool, to bad you are all clown ass bitches.

oh yeah its sunny and 'bout 70 degrees over here in cali, hows the weather in the great state of newyork?


Jackasses

How's the weather down there?

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: ATLien247

Originally posted by: kranky

Here's an excerpt from an interview with Ellis I found:
"The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me."

Linkage?

Linkage.

 

[PG]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: axiom
Obviously Wells had help writing this book. I can't imagine finding the time between growing his gut and downing cheap beer.

My favorite sloppy baseball player story is about John Kruk. Before a game, he was sitting around smoking a cigarette when a kid and his mother came to him for his autograph. The mother thought he was disgusting and told him that he should be ashamed as an athlete looking the way he did. He responded, "Lady, I'm not an athlete. I'm a baseball player."

Just a few weeks ago Kruk was on ESPN or something and they were playing trivia with the new girl on the show by asking her Kruk questions. It came up that he used to go out and party and then not even go home. He'd go sleep at the stadium so he wouldn't be late for games the next day.

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: specktre
to bad the yankees suck.

the yankees suck, the jets suck, and the NY giants suck, oh yeah the whole state of NY is gay.

damn new yorkers thinkin your all, cool, to bad you are all clown ass bitches.

oh yeah its sunny and 'bout 70 degrees over here in cali, hows the weather in the great state of newyork?


Jackasses

your spelling sucks

 

[milagro]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: ATLien247

Originally posted by: kranky

Here's an excerpt from an interview with Ellis I found:
"The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes, sometimes I saw the catcher, sometimes I didn't. Sometimes I tried to stare the hitter down and throw while I was looking at him. I chewed my gum until it turned to powder. They say I had about three to four fielding chances. I remember diving out of the way of a ball I thought was a line drive. I jumped, but the ball wasn't hit hard and never reached me."

Linkage?

Linkage.

i'd love to see video of that game

 

[Gillbot]

He admitted that long ago on the Howard Stern show

 

[Grey]

John Rocker that you?