Mitch Williams Makes Ass of Himself, Becomes Internet Meme
Yesterday, MLB Network commentator and loser-of-the-1993-World-Series Mitch Williams decided that the reason a pitcher got smacked in the head with a line drive last September was because he wasn’t brushing back hitters enough with inside pitches. Brandon McCarthy, then with the A’s, now with the D-Backs, suffered a fractured skull and a brain hemorrhage. Difficult-to-watch footage here.
“If you don’t pitch in, this is what’s gonna happen.” – Mitch Williams, during a clip of @BMcCarthy32‘s injury last year.
— Heard on MLB Tonight (@HeardOnMLBT) July 11, 2013
McCarthy, who’s proven to be quite the wit, had a comebacker of his own following Williams’s comment.
.@WildThingMLBN I hope the clip of me nearly dying helped you make one of your asinine points.
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 11, 2013
After that, as Deadspin notes, McCarthy single-handedly made Williams a trending topic on Twitter, using his own words against him.
“If you study flight using hydrogen, this is what’s gonna happen”- Mitch Williams, talking over a clip of the Hindenburg disaster — Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 11, 2013
“If you teach your child to throw a football, this is what will happen”- Mitch Williams, over a clip of Tom Brady’s knee injury
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) July 11, 2013
Others have joined in too, though none of the digs are as good as McCarthy’s. By the way, if you put a former Phillie with zero analytical skills and a penchant for macho bluster on television, this is what happens.
