David Wells
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Oct 19, 2026
Paul Francis SullivanHOST
If you wanna go back to the Nasty Boys of 1990 or the, the bullpens that Tony La Russa had with the, uh, the A's in the 1980s and '90s or the Bridge to Mariano, those teams also had pitchers who went-- could give them innings, whether it was Dave Stewart, Bob Welch, Mike Moore with the A's, Jose Rio, Tom Browning Uh, with, with the Reds.
Paul Francis SullivanHOST
And obviously the Yankees had pitchers like, you know, Pettitte, and El Duque, and David Cone, and David Wells, and Roger Clemens who could...
Paul Francis SullivanHOST
And, uh, the, and later Mike Mussina, who could go deep in the game.
Paul Francis SullivanHOST
And the last time they won the World Series, they had pitchers like Sabathia and Pettitte, and yeah, to a degree, A.J. Burnett, who could go relatively deep.
Joel ShermanHOST
so one day again bless his soul he was really kind to me we are standing at heim's the yankees minor league facility And he's watching David.
Joel ShermanHOST
We're both watching David Wells pitch like a side session.
Joel ShermanHOST
And he said to me, Joel, look at his back.
Joel ShermanHOST
And I said, what? And he goes, look at his back.
Joel ShermanHOST
He goes to me, Joel, can you imagine if this guy took it seriously and worked how good he would be? And I said to him, stick.
Joel ShermanHOST
I'd be curious if he took it serious, if he'd be a lot worse.
Joel ShermanHOST
It's like one of the things that makes David Wells David Wells, the fact that there's a general not give a shitness to everything he does, and that allows him in the biggest moments to do what he does.
Joel ShermanHOST
And if suddenly he was like, you know, equinoxing it five days a week and like tight and muscled and... whatever, would he still be able to, you know, his superpower, David Wells, the superpower was he could wake up on January 8th, hung over and throw a ball into a teacup.
Ken CarmanHOST
Yes.
Ken CarmanHOST
Like David Wells, like David Wells was not the peak physical condition of the male athlete.
Ken CarmanHOST
And David Wells was relied upon heavily in any postseason he ever pitched in.
OwenPANELIST
Boat brought it up last night.
OwenPANELIST
He said, if you're still playing baseball this time of the year, nobody's at their top right now.
Ken CarmanHOST
Yes.
Ken CarmanHOST
Like David Wells, like David Wells was not the peak physical condition of the male athlete.
Ken CarmanHOST
And David Wells was relied upon heavily in any postseason he ever pitched in.
OwenPANELIST
Boat brought it up last night.
OwenPANELIST
He said, if you're still playing baseball this time of the year, nobody's at their top right now.
Jeff PearlmanHOST
Chad Curtis, who became famous for much worse reasons.
Jeff PearlmanHOST
Paul O'Neill, Tim Raines, Darrell Strawberry, Bernie Williams, Joe Girardi, Jorge Posada, Scott Brosis, Homer Bush, Derek Jeter, Chuck Nabla, Mike Lowell was on the team, Tino Martinez, Orlando Hernandez, Hideki Arabu, Ramiro Mendoza, Jeff Nelson, Andy Pettit, Mariano Rivera, Mike Stanton, David Wells.
Jeff PearlmanHOST
It is a loaded, loaded team.
Jeff PearlmanHOST
So when they call Shane Spencer up in September, it's like, eh, all right.
Michael KayHOST
7-35 Cincinnati at Montreal.
Michael KayHOST
David Wells 6-4 for the Reds.
Michael KayHOST
Kirk Reeder 4-3 for the Expos.
Michael KayHOST
There's the members only.
38 MINS LATER
John SterlingHOST
Pittsburgh at St. Louis, scoreless end of Juan Paul Wagner and Alan Bennis in that game.
John SterlingHOST
And tonight, Phillies in Florida, Mike Williams and John Burkett.
John SterlingHOST
Cincinnati's in Montreal, David Wells and Kirk Reeder.
John SterlingHOST
Sandy Martinez went out and had a little chat with Leiter.
John SterlingHOST
They lost him a lot more.
John SterlingHOST
We hear about David Wells lost to Jim Parquet.
John SterlingHOST
They had two lucky starters to pitch early versus strike.
John SterlingHOST
He had five lucky starters, and they had two good ones.
27 MINS LATER
John SterlingHOST
So they're building an active emergency center.
John SterlingHOST
And I'm sure they'd love to have that with their engine players back.
John SterlingHOST
Although David Wells is not going to be one of them.
John SterlingHOST
David Wells is probably the White Sox big brother's option.
Carl RavitchHOST
We're going to get to the kitchen sink and your MVP.
Carl RavitchHOST
But first, it says here you were teammates with David Wells, who threw a perfect game the year before yours.
Carl RavitchHOST
Who was the bigger character off the field, you or Wells? Push?
David ConeGUEST
No, that's Wells all the way.
David ConeGUEST
Now, I mean, Darryl Strawberry is my foxhole guy.
David ConeGUEST
So I've seen him as a protector, right? As a guy you want when you need a protector who's got your back.
David ConeGUEST
David Wells is a lot like that, too.
David ConeGUEST
So, you know, we all have our foxhole guys, right? Guys you can count on.
MattmanHOST
No, that's the thing.
MattmanHOST
He's got kind of the, uh, not like chubby like David Wells, but like not the ...
MattmanHOST
You wouldn't see him out, I don't think, and say, "Hey, are you an athlete?"
Fat BoyHOST
They can't figure out how he generates his power.
John SterlingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But they've lost a whole lot more.
John SterlingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You hear about David Wells, also Jim Parque.
John SterlingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They had two lucky starters that pitched really versus strike.
John SterlingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They had five lucky starters and they had two good ones.
27 MINS LATER
John SterlingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They're kids.
John SterlingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So they're really an effective pitching staff.
John SterlingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And I'm sure they'd love to have a couple of their injured players back, although David Wells is not going to be one of them.
John SterlingSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The news with Wells is if the White Sox pick up his option, they have to pay him nine million dollars.
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