When he’s not busy blowing saves, Billy Wagner will gladly offer his wisdom to anyone holding a notebook and pen. In fact, Wagner is known to bring spare notebooks and pens with him, handing them out to random strangers so he can begin spouting off when the spirit moves him.
This time, Wags has proffered his (unsolicited?) opinion on the recent minor-league demotion of the struggling Brett Myers. Kate Fagan, writing for the Inquirer, quotes New York’s outspoken flamethrower as he compares Myers’ situation to that of his former teammate, the late Darryl Kile:
Kile’s record, like Myers’, was 3-9. The Astros sent Kile to Tucson, their triple-A affiliate, for three starts. Myers has made one start for the Phils’ triple-A squad in Lehigh Valley: He pitched five innings, allowing five hits and three runs. Myers is scheduled to pitch again on Monday.
“By the end of that year, [Kile] was pitching in one of the biggest games we had,” Wagner remembered. “It had playoff implications.”
After 1995, Kile won 93 more games until he died of a heart attack during the 2002 season.
Just as that brief shake-up helped Kile, Wagner said, it’s possible Myers’ hiatus could do the same.
Thanks for sharing, I guess.
(This may be the first post I’ve written where the title length exceeds that of the post itself.)
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July 5th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
…Daryl Kile (But Not How You Think). That’s what I’m guessing the 2nd half of the title says.
July 5th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Damn. You’re correct, but I didn’t know that part would get lost.
Meech, can we pop for more title room? My headlines tend to get bombastic.
July 6th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
And the Douche/Alpaca Farmer/Worse to a Clubhouse than a Carbon Monoxide Leak blew the save.
BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYY…
BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYY…
BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYY.
Phuck Billy Wagner.