<![CDATA[Deadspin: wild thing]]> http://tags.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: wild thing]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/wildthing http://deadspin.com/tag/wildthing <![CDATA[Mitch "Wild Thing" Williams Ringing The NASDAQ Opening Bell Tomorrow]]>
This is the most incongruous pairing of sports and the financial markets since Lenny Dykstra first emailed Jim Cramer. How did this happen? What in the world has the Wild Thing been up to since his baseball career ended? He started his own Wild Thing Southpaw Salsa. Well, of course he did. Mitch Williams—a Coen brothers character brought to life.

Anyone else think this bell-ringing gambit is a cruel strike aimed directly at the heart of Phillies fans? Yeah, thought so. Next week Joe Carter's ringing the bell at the NYSE.

Mitch Williams to ring Nasdaq stock market opening bell [CBS Marketwatch]

Mitch Williams ringing opening bell [Land of Dave Corzine]

]]> http://deadspin.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5043061&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mitch Williams Supports Youth Athletics, Is Not At All Insane]]> Former Phillies reliever Mitch Williams has never been one to see an injustice go unchallenged, even if that does mean being unceremoniously tossed from his 10-year-old daughter's youth league basketball game for screaming the F-word several times at a female referee.

Williams, who now sells his own brand of salsa and who later this month starts hosting a Phillies pre-game show on The Big Talker 1210 AM, told us yesterday that he was sorry for using the f-word while yelling at the ref. "I'm emotional when it comes to my kids. What I saw happening was completely unfair," Williams said, referring to his daughter's team being fouled repeatedly with a lack of calls from the refs.

The assigner of officials for the league said that if Williams "is going to appear at any games next year, we will not officiate them. If he enters the gym in the middle of a game, we will stop officiating." No way! That's BOGUS, man! (Throws shoe).

Dan Gross: Mitch Williams Still A Little 'Wild' [Philadelphia Daily News]

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