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Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

PiggiesTomatoes Apr 30 2012 08:25 PM

Classic... [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlsVr1ykBqQ

TransMonk Apr 30 2012 08:32 PM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

That is pretty classic. Well said, Wally!

soupcan Apr 30 2012 08:36 PM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

That's fuckin' funny!

Edgy MD Apr 30 2012 08:40 PM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

Wally's an unhinged maniac and was moreso back in his (brief) Peanuts days, but I'm sure that sort of motivation is more typical than we'd hope.

HahnSolo Apr 30 2012 08:51 PM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

Who'sthe 39-y.o. former major leaguer? Wally was so heated i couldn't understand him.

Edgy MD Apr 30 2012 09:02 PM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

Fuckin' 39-year-old Desi Wilson.

Ashie62 Apr 30 2012 10:53 PM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

I liked it. A little hard to take seriously when his jersey says "Peanuts."

Farmer Ted May 01 2012 12:52 PM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

Over 40 FBombs in that short amount of time. Fairly mild by Wally standards.

The Second Spitter May 28 2012 02:11 AM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

"Minor League Motherfucker is what you are!" [youtube:27mhmbmu]kkELZza3QjA[/youtube:27mhmbmu] I <3 Backo!

Edgy MD May 28 2012 07:24 AM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

Love is good, but that sort of act has a short life expectancy at the top of a club.

duan May 28 2012 08:19 AM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

why do people tolerate that shit? I mean I can understand someone coming out to argue, but the gratuitous insults I mean c'mon, it isn't big, it isn't clever.

Ceetar May 28 2012 08:21 AM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

is it reaching a point where if he doesn't come out yelling obscenities people are going to say he's not fighting for his players anymore?

The Second Spitter May 28 2012 08:27 AM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

duan wrote: why do people tolerate that shit? I mean I can understand someone coming out to argue, but the gratuitous insults I mean c'mon, it isn't big, it isn't clever. Fuck you, Backo has a fucking ring. He fucking earned it. Fuck you. (I'll hazard a guess and say if he didn't, he wouldn't carry on like that. I don't think he's malicious. Just unhinged. And responses like "What are you talking about?" are going to unhinge somebody like Backo pretty quickly.)

Edgy MD May 28 2012 11:28 AM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

I don't know where the border between malicious and unhinged is. Nor do I know if the Wally depicted there is representative of the man he is now, but Wally remains the only manager I know of in history to get kicked out of a game after a tirade, and then storm into the broadcast booth threatening to beat up the broadcaster. If a trace of that guy remains, I'm not interested in him as our next manager.

batmagadanleadoff May 28 2012 11:38 AM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

The Second Spitter wrote: "Minor League Motherfucker is what you are!" [youtube]kkELZza3QjA[/youtube] ...so said the other Minor League Motherfucker.

Frayed Knot May 28 2012 12:20 PM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

duan wrote: why do people tolerate that shit? Well, the ump clearly did NOT tolerate it.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 28 2012 08:35 PM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

As with "The Bachelor" or bootleg video of amateur "bumfights," I never really understood the entertainment appeal of "watch our manager go crazy-go-nuts." If it's real, it's embarrassing-- a fifty-year-old throwing a tantrum. And if it's a put-on? Well, then, it's even more embarrassing, isn't it?

Edgy MD May 28 2012 08:48 PM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

Well, it's not really bootleg footage, but clips from Playing for Peanuts. The Mets, rather than promote it, pulled it off SNY.

The Second Spitter May 29 2012 01:25 AM Re: Wally %$&#*!@ Backman Unleashed

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: As with "The Bachelor" or bootleg video of amateur "bumfights," I never really understood the entertainment appeal of "watch our manager go crazy-go-nuts." If it's real, it's embarrassing-- a fifty-year-old throwing a tantrum. And if it's a put-on? Well, then, it's even more embarrassing, isn't it? Coercion is the most efficient form of motivation.