June 23, 2009 in Sports

Williams still ‘Wild Thing’

Former Phillie now on MLB Network
John Blanchette
The Spokesman-Review
 
Tags: Mitch Williams then and now

OK, once and for all, who was “Wild Thing” first: Mitch Williams or Charlie Sheen? Well, consider that in his debut as closer of the Chicago Cubs in 1989, Williams gave up two walks and three hits and committed a balk – yet still didn’t surrender a run in saving a 5-4 victory.

It was three days later that “Major League” hit movie theaters, featuring Sheen as the jailbird reliever with the zigzag haircut who entered games with the punk band X’s cover of the old Troggs hit blasting over loudspeakers.

Naturally, the movie was in production long …

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