Brave Editor Comes Out Against F-Bomb

Former Phillies pitcher Mitch Williams is now banned from his daughter’s basketball games for saying “fuck” during a game.

Overreaction? Sure. But overreaction usually comes with a nice dose of moral superiority:

The apology isn’t doing much for Ron Martin, who oversees referees as the Camden Board 34 independent assigner. He said yesterday that he called St. Mary of the Lakes to say that although the season ended last night, if Williams “is going to appear at any games next year, we will not officiate them. If he enters the gym in the middle of a game, we will stop officiating.” Martin is executive editor of the Burlington County Times. “A lot of people challenge calls, but when someone hits on one of the magic words, we can’t tolerate that stuff,” he said.

Oh, wah, wah, wah. Yeah, don’t let him see his kid play because he said “fuck.” You showed ‘em, Ron! Plus, the editor doth protest too much. I can only assume the officiating was really terrible.

What the hell kind of league is this, anyway? Kids cursed all the time when I played on JV basketball in sixth grade; I can only assume it’s greater now, with what all the kids influenced by idiots like me that cursing is cool. And it is, kids! It’s just as cool as smoking cigarettes but without any of the terrible side effects like death.

Dan Gross: Mitch Williams still a little ‘Wild’ [Daily News]

Post Game Analyst Doesn’t Want Phils To Sign Pitcher

Ever since the season ended and Phillies fans remembered the team didn’t have any pitchers this season, there’s been talk of Curt Schilling returning to Philadelphia. Schilling, as you may remember, pitched for the Phils in the 1993 World Series, then helped the 2001 Diamondbacks and the 2004 Red Sox win World Series titles.

But guess who doesn’t want him back? That’s right: 1993 Phillies teammate Mitch Williams. Yes, the pitcher who gave up a home run to Joe Carter to lose the World Series — now a post-game analyst, and quite a good one at that — says the Phils shouldn’t sign Schilling.

“Then you add in the fact that he is a bad guy in the clubhouse, and there is no reason to add him. The one thing they don’t want to mess with is the the atmosphere of the clubhouse, and that would definitely mess with it.”

If they don’t sign Schill, the Phillies will have to be stuck with The Clubhouse Atmosphere pitching, and he’s even worse than Adam Eaton.

Williams: Keep Schilling Away From the Phillies [Daily Examiner]