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The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 29 2011 08:28 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 29 2011 08:39 PM

Wooly Willy playoff beard? Postgame interviews ranging from candid to performative? "Machine?" Oh, it doesn't end with the championship, as evidenced by a recent talk show appearance, for he's the media gift that keeps on giving. This one's rated "arr."

metirish Jan 29 2011 08:38 PM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

Fucks sake , he's nuts and great.......building his second career which will feature a lot of TV.

DocTee Jan 30 2011 10:04 AM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

His first foray into TV was a reality show that trailed him for a few months...Life of Brian...it was insipid.

batmagadanleadoff Jan 30 2011 06:13 PM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Wooly Willy playoff beard? Postgame interviews ranging from candid to performative? "Machine?" Oh, it doesn't end with the championship, as evidenced by a recent talk show appearance, for he's the media gift that keeps on giving. This one's rated "arr." From your link, Wilson came off as a stupid jackass to me. His humor was humorless and contrived. He should make millions of $$ more.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 30 2011 09:28 PM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

Oh, he's most definitely being a jackass. But it's a crappy talk show. I'll take that 10 times out of 10 over "one game at a time," y'know?

dgwphotography Jan 31 2011 04:25 AM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

He's an ass whose career will blow up in his face this year...

G-Fafif Jan 31 2011 05:08 AM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

Eat your heart out, Ricky Vaughn.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 31 2011 06:12 AM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

dgwphotography wrote: He's an ass whose career will blow up in his face this year... Performance-wise? You think? How so? (And I don't think that's heart that Vaughn's eating, Greg.)

Edgy DC Jan 31 2011 07:10 AM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

I can't speak for him, but I assume it is some combination of [list=1:2vq3vjrh][*:2vq3vjrh]Wisdom born of experience: [list=a:2vq3vjrh][*:2vq3vjrh]results for closers tend to fluctuate,[/*:m:2vq3vjrh] [*:2vq3vjrh]power pitchers are one injury away from uselessness, and [/*:m:2vq3vjrh] [*:2vq3vjrh]he's already one Tommy John surgery into his career; plus[/*:m:2vq3vjrh][/list:o:2vq3vjrh][/*:m:2vq3vjrh] [*:2vq3vjrh]Wisdom born from a sense of moral drama: [list=a:2vq3vjrh][*:2vq3vjrh]Glory is fleeting, and[/*:m:2vq3vjrh] [*:2vq3vjrh]Pride cometh before a fall.[/*:m:2vq3vjrh][/list:o:2vq3vjrh][/*:m:2vq3vjrh][/list:o:2vq3vjrh] Plus there's probably a touch of rooting interest there. Let's go Mets!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 31 2011 07:36 AM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

Baseball is a very humbling game.

metirish Jan 31 2011 07:38 AM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

Wilson would never make in in NY with that act.

RealityChuck Jan 31 2011 11:54 AM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

I'm picking up good vibrations from him.

dgwphotography Jan 31 2011 06:06 PM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: dgwphotography wrote: He's an ass whose career will blow up in his face this year... Performance-wise? You think? How so? (And I don't think that's heart that Vaughn's eating, Greg.) Baseball history has been littered with flash in the pans who became too enamored with their off field persona

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 31 2011 09:52 PM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

Yeesh. He dresses up like a sea captain and does shtick for interviews. He's not making cameos on Gossip Girl, doing a reality show, or creating a Ryan Braun douchewear line.

Edgy DC Jan 31 2011 10:03 PM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

I don't know. My math says (regularly making a public show of demonstating one's Christian religiosity) [u:xle67qxb]+ (publickly joking about indulging in sexual tourism in Thailand) [/u:xle67qxb] = sort of begging for a comeuppance.

Edgy DC Jan 31 2011 10:07 PM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

Oh, and... (drumroll)... DOUCHEWARE!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 31 2011 10:26 PM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

I repeat, "not creating a... douchewear line." We'll see.

G-Fafif Feb 01 2011 02:12 AM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

He may be an ass, but he's an ass at the top of his profession at the moment, closing out three consecutive postseason series and amassing 127 saves over the past three seasons. More than a Kerfeld/Rocker, neither of whom ever saved the truly enormous games that this guy has. It must be the dead of night in the dead of winter. I'm feeling compelled to defend Brian Wilson.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 01 2011 08:58 AM Re: The Continuing Story of Brian Wilson, Esq.

He's good, and getting better. The walk rates have gone steadily downward and the strikeout rates steadily upward. He doesn't give up many HRs at all-- 0.51/9 IP for his career so far, with three of the last four years showing less than 0.4/9 (his one "bad" year came with a weird, solitary spike in HR rate). So, yeah, the sub-2 ERA isn't fielding-dependent at all, really; he'd do almost as well playing with 1 OF, 1 IF, and a catcher. This guy isn't Kerfield, or Rocker. He's Harland Williams with a live fastball.