Every Phillies Phan’s Dream
I did not know Latrell Sprewell could play baseball. Well, if it wasn’t Latrell in Houston, Shawn Chacon did his best Sprewell impersonation when he chocked-slammed GM Ed Wade.
I am not condoning violence, but I think every Phillies phan wanted to knock Ed upside the head during many of his trade deadline deals (or non-deals).
UPDATE
Randy Miller at PhillyBurbs writes:
Wade’s temper is legendary. Billy Wagner used to tell me stories of Wade flipping out on the team. When I wrote about Wade’s temper after his firing in October 2005, several team employees emailed me to tell me their stories of Wade’s in-office tantrums on employees.
Again, Chacon is at fault there. He was asked to meet with Wade and the manager, but refused because he was going to be demoted from starter to reliever. And when Wade became angry telling him to “bleeping look in the mirror,” Chacon definitely was in the wrong throwing Wade to the ground.
But knowing Wade like I do and knowing how players respected him in Philadelphia, all I can say is I’m not surprised one bit.