Billy Wagner changes his mind, goes to the Sox

Some days I wonder why I even bother trying to get posts up quickly:

The Mets agreed to send Wagner to the Red Sox on Tuesday after the pitcher approved the trade, according to his agent, Bean Stringfellow. The talks were dead as of late Monday night due to Wagner’s refusal to waive his no-trade clause. But Wagner reconsidered at the last minute, lured by the pull of a pennant race.

Or else he did a quick analysis, realized that the Sox are a flawed team that won’t be making the postseason and thus he doesn’t have to worry about throwing any more pitches in Boston than he would have in Queens.


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Chris H.
14 years ago

Way to TOTALLY bury the lead, Craig.

His agent’s name is BEAN STRINGFELLOW.

BEAN.

STRINGFELLOW.

That’s way funnier than Riggleman.

I wonder if he’s skinny.  It’d be even more hilarious if he was fat.

Chris H.
14 years ago

It has to be a nickname:

(1) Most parents would not be so cruel as to
name a child “Bean” when possessing a last name
of “Stringfellow”

(2) If his parents truly were that cruel, then
surely he’d go by his middle name, or a nickname,
or *something*.

Then again, I once knew a guy with the last name of Rider who, rather than go by “Richard” or “Rick” insisted on being called “Dick.”  So I suppose there’s no explaining human behavior.

Travis M. Nelson
14 years ago

His real name is Thornton.  Played minor league ball for the Braves and Mets in the 80’s. 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=string001tho

Travis M. Nelson
14 years ago

…and, he was teammates in Richmond in 1988 with John Smoltz, who famously lost game 7 of the 1991 World Series to an 11-year old.

YankeesfanLen
14 years ago

…who now pitches for the Yankees who play across the river from the Mets and weighs 812 pounds because of knowing Kevin Bacon.

Chris H.
14 years ago

Thread over.  Travis wins for the 11-year-old reference.

Nicely done, Travis.  You win all teh Internets.

Chris H.
14 years ago

Ah!  And then YankeesfanLen adds to the joy with the Kevin Bacon reference.

I love this thread *so much*.

Peter
14 years ago

The Sox are definitely a flawed team that won’t be going DEEP into the post season, but it’s hard to say that a team that’s currently leading the wild card definitively WON’T be making the post season, especially since they have more home games and fewer games left against division leaders to play. I wouldn’t be surprised at all to see the Sox spend October home, but it’s ridiculous to be calling them out of it.

Grant
14 years ago

I didn’t expect much out of this thread. Boy was I mistaken. Bravo to all.

smsetnor
14 years ago

I actually giggled (might have been more of a chortle) out-loud on this thread.  Well done.

Daniel
14 years ago

Stringfellow’s partner in the agency, Carrot Fuzzywhiskers, was unavailable for comment.

MooseinOhio
14 years ago

Who told the writers for “Austin Powers: Baseball has lost it Mojo” about Shysterball?

mike in brooklyn
14 years ago

Their agency is located in the base of a giant mushroom, in the town of Dinglydell.

Chris H.
14 years ago

With a melon!?!?!?