Ever wonder why the Yankees were relatively quiet last September concerning the David Wells assault case, not exactly coming to the defense of their pitcher?
Judging from the Smoking Gun's audio and text transcript of Wells' 9-1-1 call, the bloated, boorish, blasted southpaw deserved to get cracked in the teeth, if not before the call then at least afterward.
Show me a bloodied white guy at 4 a.m. and I'll show you the bar he just walked out of. And show me a PR-savvy team like the Yankees having nothing good to say about a player who just got dropped by a 5-7, 150-pounder, and I'll show you a team that knows more to the story than the original report that Wells was "drunk."
On the call alone, he was hammered, abrasive, incomprehensible and acted like the posterboy for prohibition: a guy who lost all control of himself and was making things difficult for others.
I must've missed Wells' public apology for being such a prick to a guy working to save lives in real emergencies.
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