David Wells loved being on that stage and loved being in control of the game. That attention appealed to Wells, the rebel without a pause.
Or a filter. Wells liked to work quickly. Get the baseball, get the sign, fire the pitch, and then do it again.
It took one pitch for Wells to get the first out in the third, but then everything about the night changed. A lot also changed about Wells’ already strained relationship with Manager Joe Torre. The Rangers followed with two singles and a walk to load the bases. After a groundout made it 9–1 and put Wells within one out of escaping, the pitcher unraveled.
Once Wells learned that Torre had mentioned his conditioning as a possible reason for his disappointing outing, he was incensed. There were a lot of buttons to push to infuriate Wells. His weight was one of the hottest buttons. Many times, Torre would shake his head and would respond to something Wells said or did by simply saying, “That’s Boomer being Boomer.” As the manager, Torre was akin to the father who was trying to nurture 25 sons. Sometimes, one or more of them might be rebellious. Wells was that rebel.
These days, Torre stressed that he and Wells are friendly to each other and that Wells has joked about how much he aggravated his manager. Still, while Torre searched for the right way to describe their relationship, he focused on the importance of trust. But Cone understood Wells’s personality and understood how vital it would be for someone to oversee Wells and get the most out of his talented and durable left arm. That’s when Cone told Torre, “Let me handle Boomer. I’ve got him.” A relieved Torre agreed, saying, “Coney was the intermediary for me and Wells because we banged heads a lot. So I trusted Coney on taking care of Wells.”
Fallon validated Wells’s story while interviewing Adam Sandler during an episode of “The Tonight Show” in 2022. In recounting the story, Fallon said, “We’re hanging out, we’re having some drinks, and we’re going late.” As both realized it was time to go home, Wells said he and Fallon had one of those end-of-the-night conversations that only inebriated folks can have.Fallon responded, “No! You leave first.
“It’s gotta be 1 o’clock or 1:30 the next day,” Fallon explained. “I turn on the TV, and David Wells is pitching.” After a 1-2-3 eighth, the excitable fans stood and clapped and hoping for history in the ninth. Wells notched the first out a fly ball and the second on a strikeout and was within one out of perfection. The batter was Pat Meares, an infielder who was 5 for 23 against Wells in his career, including going hitless in his last 11 at bats.
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