Wetteland, 52, is accused of continuously sexually abusing a child under the age of 14, according to Denton County jail records. The Trophy Club resident posted $25,000 bond.
A long-time born-again Christian, he has coached baseball and taught Bible studies at Liberty Christian School in Argyle, but apparently has no connection to the school at this time. School officials did not immediately return requests for background.
(Man these old players are real scumbags aren't they. Curtis, Dykstra etc)
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Haha, man you really don't like if a bad word is uttered about the Yanks. He was an ex--Yankee, the OP isn't wrong. Getting mad at that when you can use your time to be mad at Wetteland is just weird.
Some of these teams "care less" than others. I mean Nick Collison is having his number retired by OKC. I realize he's like an original member of the team or something but c'mon.
It's pretty clear he's not making it. (At least not on the main ballot. Post-Baines, who knows who'll make it through the veterans committee).
The Mel Hall story was crazy. Everyone kind of "knew" but sometimes things are so blatant that people don't know what to do.
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Collison retired in May after spending his entire career with the Thunder franchise. He was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics 12th overall out of Kansas in the 2003 draft. The Sonics relocated to Oklahoma City for the 2008-09 season."
Kinda cheapens things if you ask me but all teams are different
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They are ex-baseball players who have played for a number of different teams. Why do you have to make it about the Yankees? Don't be dumb.
haha, I clicked on this expecting to be disgusted and feel weird that I'm now laughing.
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A long-time born-again Christian
Like Chad Curtis.
Wetteland got bombed in that game and Buck lost so much faith in him, he let Blackjack McDowell try to finish them off in extras. Rivera only pitched 2/3 of an inning in Game 5 before giving way to McDowell.
If Buck knew how to utilize Rivera, the Yankees probably beat the Mariners and who knows if Buck gets fired and we never see Torre come to the Yankees.
Wetteland got bombed in that game and Buck lost so much faith in him, he let Blackjack McDowell try to finish them off in extras. Rivera only pitched 2/3 of an inning in Game 5 before giving way to McDowell.
If Buck knew how to utilize Rivera, the Yankees probably beat the Mariners and who knows if Buck gets fired and we never see Torre come to the Yankees.
Things worked fine this way in 1996
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I always wondered how things would have turned out if Buck Showalter knew what he had in Rivera in 1995. Rivera pitched really well vs. the Mariners in that playoff series, one of the few to do it. The game which screwed it all up wasn't even Game 5, it was Game 4. The Yankees had a 5-0 lead and blew it. And as things started going downhill, Buck went with Bob Wickman, Sterling Hitchcock and tried to get a 2 inning save out of Wetteland. Rivera wasn't used in the game at all, and he did throw a lot of pitches in the extra inning Game 2 that Leyritz won, but didn't throw many in Game 3 after the day off.
Wetteland got bombed in that game and Buck lost so much faith in him, he let Blackjack McDowell try to finish them off in extras. Rivera only pitched 2/3 of an inning in Game 5 before giving way to McDowell.
If Buck knew how to utilize Rivera, the Yankees probably beat the Mariners and who knows if Buck gets fired and we never see Torre come to the Yankees.
Things worked fine this way in 1996
Agreed 100%. The point is that Buck had this weapon at his disposal and didn't realize it until it was too late. I remember the Twins Manager Tom Kelly in 1996 saying that Rivera is too good for the Major Leagues, he belongs in a higher league.
Jack McDowell. Gtfoh.
Jack McDowell. Gtfoh.
Yup. Left Cone in to throw 147 pitches, the last 20 or so when he was clearly completely spent and had nothing left. The tying run that sent that game into extras came via a walk to the immortal Doug Strange.
Thanks again, Buck! Glad you've never won a damned thing.
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He ruined Donnie Baseball's only playoff chance.
Jack McDowell. Gtfoh.
Yup. Left Cone in to throw 147 pitches, the last 20 or so when he was clearly completely spent and had nothing left. The tying run that sent that game into extras came via a walk to the immortal Doug Strange.
Thanks again, Buck! Glad you've never won a damned thing.
Thanks for the agita all over again.
Wasn't Mouten a fairly highly ranked prospect, IIRC? Hit .310/.363/.513 between AA and AAA in 1994. Also, McDowell was headed into his walk year and the White Sox apparently didn't want to pay him.
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exactly did the White Sox give away McDowell so cheaply? Lyle Mouton? He was coming off a down year but still 10-9 3.73 era, 3.37 FIP and a 3 time all-star the 3 seasons prior including a 1st and 2nd place Cy Young finishes.
Wasn't Mouten a fairly highly ranked prospect, IIRC? Hit .310/.363/.513 between AA and AAA in 1994. Also, McDowell was headed into his walk year and the White Sox apparently didn't want to pay him.
But Mouton was turning 26, solid season at AAA but nothing special 59 games hitting 314 but with only 4 homers. Seems light for a guy like McDowell who at one point was one of the better pitchers in baseball. I mean it was "before" my time in terms of really paying attention to that stuff.
You bunch of sensitive Yankee-loving motherfuckers! SIMMA!!! DONNA!!!
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exactly did the White Sox give away McDowell so cheaply? Lyle Mouton? He was coming off a down year but still 10-9 3.73 era, 3.37 FIP and a 3 time all-star the 3 seasons prior including a 1st and 2nd place Cy Young finishes.
Wasn't Mouten a fairly highly ranked prospect, IIRC? Hit .310/.363/.513 between AA and AAA in 1994. Also, McDowell was headed into his walk year and the White Sox apparently didn't want to pay him.
It's also possible that they hated his guts because he's exactly the kind of guy who would flip the bird to the home crowd in his walk year.
Either way, his career was basically over after 1995 anyway.
It seems like there were similar lousy returns several other trades from that era. Look at what the Yankees gave up for Cone, or what the Red Sox gave up for Pedro. I think it was a combo of factors - teams were primitive when it came to evaluating minor league talent. But I think the main reason was money. Revenues for most teams had yet to really explode from local tv deals and most teams were playing in older stadiums with unfavorable leases. In short, there was a limited market of teams in a position to add an extra $5-$6 million in salary.
The Yankees were paying some of their best players peanuts (Jeter, Rivera, Pettite Bernie, etc.) but they were were sitting on all that MSG money which dwarfed what other teams were getting.
The Yankees were paying some of their best players peanuts (Jeter, Rivera, Pettite Bernie, etc.) but they were were sitting on all that MSG money which dwarfed what other teams were getting.
The Cubs were owned by the Tribune company which back in the day was like Amazon or Apple as far as resources. They had more money than anyone to play with. But the corporate heads didn't invest in the team properly and they never won. George took his profits and sunk it back to the team to keep bringing in more players because he understood the sizzle and the Yankee brand. He was impatient and at times made some rash/stupid decisions, but you could never accuse him of not caring about winning and putting his money where his mouth was. We've had enough posts about Hal, so I'll leave this here ;)
"continuous"
ugh.
Yes a little agenda there by op
I don't follow what you're getting at, but the alleged assault was of a relative, beginning when the child was 4.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/01/15/texas-rangers-hall-famepitcher-john-wetteland-arrested-child-sex-abuse-charges
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If I read that correctly, it WAS "continuous" from 2004-6, for a total of three times, when the child was 4-6.
I'm not trying to minimize this, just give it context. In fact, if he is guilty, and this ended in 2006, it's likely that there were other victims. Pedophiles don't stop like that, from everything I have read.
37 y/o at the time. WTF?
It would be worse? Really? What if he was taking advantage of a parishioner? You know, hiding behind God and Jesus? What if it was a girl ... that didn’t play baseball?
Reminiscent of PSU fans to Paterno allegations.