David Wells' impression of Cal Ripken, Jr., from the book "Perfect I'm Not: Boomer on Beer, Brawls, Backaches, and Baseball

So for some reason I was reading through some of my old comments and I came across this one from 2007. If you don't want to click the link, I posted a comment from Pinstripe Alley, the Yankees SBN site, that posted a description of Cal Ripken, Jr. from David Wells' book. I thought it was a funny description, but never actually took the plunge to find out if it was actually in the book.

Today I finally decided to see if that part of the book is viewable for free on Google Books, and it is! Start reading on page 195, where Wells writes, "Anyway, back to the rumors of....". And try not to notice the footnote.

I wonder how much of what Wells says is true. Wells tells a bunch of wild stories in the book (from what I've read in the free preview), so who knows. I was also surprised at how coarse the book is. And at how hilarious it is. I might have to get it out of the library now.

8 months ago PhilR8 4 comments 0 recs |

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Wells is a moron and an oaf

But his book is quite entertaining. He knows there were times he was a real shit and he genuinely doesn’t try to hide any of it.

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by SC on Mar 13, 2009 4:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Great read

I love the mental image of Cal clamping an ankle lock on Arthur Rhodes while simultaneously stepping on Alan Mills’ throat. Beastly.

Having read a few pages at that link, that may be one of the most obviously ghostwritten books I’ve ever seen. I mean, the guy clearly thought that all he had to do to make it sound like Wells was to keep in all the swears. How often do you think Boomer used the term “rutting apatosauruses”?

by Brotz13 on Mar 13, 2009 9:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs