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This WSJ article on Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams’ post-baseball career<\/a> is entertaining, especially when he calls out Paul Newman. My favorite part, of course, is the Drew Friedmanized headshot of Williams:<\/p>\n

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The more I look at it, the more Wild Thing seems to have been put through the Todd McFarlane<\/a>izer (or is that the Erik Larsen<\/a>izer. . .?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This WSJ article on Mitch “Wild Thing” Williams’ post-baseball career is entertaining, especially when he calls out Paul Newman. My favorite part, of course, is the Drew Friedmanized headshot of Williams: The more I look at it, the more Wild Thing seems to have been put through the Todd McFarlaneizer (or is that the Erik … <\/p>\n

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