After reading Jeff �Pearlman's nice profile of Mookie Wilson in today's Wall Street Journal, I'm convinced that the life of the New York Mets coach would make for a pretty interesting reality show.
So long as the editors didn't show any of Wilson's routine daily activities ? you know, eating, sleeping, bathing and answering questions about hitting a ball through Bill Buckner's legs in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
From the WSJ:
Over the course of a year's 365 days, Wilson estimates the topic of Buckner's ball is broached on "well over 300 of them" ... He says he is asked by fans; by ballplayers; by strangers on the street; by taxi drivers and hot-dog vendors and even by family members.
"It gets to the point that you're talking about the story of the event, and not the event itself," he says. "It's so monotonous, it's so redundant. I know I have to tell the story, and I know people I'm telling it to have already heard me tell the story. It never changes. I'm trapped."
What also goes unsaid in the profile is that at least Wilson isn't Bill Buckner or any other member of that Boston Red Sox squad. I imagine it's a lot easier to tell that story with a World Series ring either resting on your finger or in a safety deposit box somewhere.
But if you read Pearlman's piece ? which paints Wilson as a great personality who is one of the lone bright spots in the Mets universe right now ? it's not too hard to imagine that Wilson sees the advantages of being on the right side of history.
Not to mention it probably beats getting asked for free tickets all the time.
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