New york yankees fat pitcher. David lee wells born may 20 1963 nicknamed boomer is an american former professional baseball pitcher who played 21 seasons in major league baseball mlb for nine teams. Bartolo colon born may 24 1973 nicknamed big sexy is a dominican american professional baseball pitcher for the acereros de monclova of the mexican league. From wikipedia the free encyclopedia.
Amidst the yankees 1990s dynasty was a group of unsung heroes and mike stanton may have been their leader. He played in major league baseball for the new york yankees detroit tigers kansas city royals and cleveland indians. Ruth took a 32 lead into the ninth but lost the game 43 in 13 innings.
He played with the yankees from 1997 through 1999 winning two world series rings 1998 1999 despite only pitching in one postseason game and having no postseason decisions. At the time home runs were rare in baseball. Instead he was forever tagged with a label from late yankees owner george steinbrenner who called him a fat.
Stanton was a middle relief pitcher for the bombers from 1997 2002 with a 31 14 record. George steinbrenner publicly expressed disgust at his weight at one point calling him a fat pussy toad 13 after he failed to cover first base on a ground ball during a spring training game. At the height of his failures with the yankees irabu was even called a fat toad by former yankee owner george steinbrenner because of his unathletic frame.
Chamberlain played college baseball for the nebraska cornhuskers before the yankees selected him in the first round of the 2006 mlb draft. Bartolo colon as 511 267 any pitcher under six feet tall and pushing 300 pounds. While irabu did win two world series titles while in new york he didnt contribute much winning just 29 regular season games before being traded following the 99 season with former yanks owner george steinbrenner famously calling him a fat toad on his way out the door.
He played in major league baseball mlb for the cleveland indians 19972002 montreal expos 2002 chicago white sox 2003 2009 los angeles angels of anaheim 20042007 boston red sox 2008 new york yankees 2011 oakland athletics 20122013 new york mets 20142016. Irabu never lived up to the hype. A three time all star and two time world series champion wells was considered to be one of the games better left handed pitchers especially during his years with the new york yankees and the toronto blue jays.
He ascended through the minor leagues and made his mlb debut in 2007 as a relief pitcher during the yankees pursuit of a berth in the mlb postseason.