Minor-league meltdown

 

Published: June 7, 2007

Surely by now you've seen the antics of Mississippi Braves manager Phillip Wellman in the Double-A Southern League.

Wellman did all the usual managerial tricks upon ejection from a game. Thrown cap. Pile dirt over home plate. Yank up a base and toss it into the outfield. Then Wellman entered the Meltdown Hall of Fame .

He crawled behind the mound, mimicking a soldier, grabbed the resin bag, pretended to pull ...


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