Straight Talk from Wild Thing

by Mitch Williams, Darrell Berger, John Kruk (Foreword)

When Mitch Williams threw the pitch that lost the 1993 World Series for the Philadelphia Phillies, no one could have predicted that his reaction to the loss would win the hearts and minds of Phillies fans across the nation. He stood at his locker for an hour after the game, answering every question, most of which could be answered "I threw a bad pitch." He didn't go into hiding, make excuses, or believe that one loss was the end of the world. Phillies fans, notorious as the toughest in sports, recognized a stand-up guy when they saw one and embraced him as one of their own. Though his successful pitching career is behind him, Mitch is still standing up in Philadelphia and telling it like it is. Straight Talk from Wild Thing is the story of his career, but more than that, it is inside baseball seen from many sitting on a 10-hour minor league bus ride, standing on a pitcher's mound, and sitting in a clubhouse, a dugout, and a ranch in Texas, where a man who "retired" at age 32 struggled to figure out what to do next.

Genres: Baseball, Sports

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love Mitch Williams, but this book is the definition of a pedestrian sports memoir.

[Elaine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not quite as entertaining as I'd hoped, but i totally agree with him on pitch counts and maybe the 5 man rotation