Billy Wagner rips into team, Mike Pelfrey flirts with no-hitter vs. Nationals

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Bronx Banter: The Sorrow and the Pity
Published 5/16/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... closer Billy Wagner let rip in the direction of one Carlos Delgado. According to Adam Rubin in the Daily News : "Someone tell me why the ---- you're talking to the closer. I didn't even play. They're over there, not being interviewed." Wagner paused for dramatic effect. Then, in a scene reminiscent of last year's Paul Lo Duca comments, minus the racial overtones, the closer sarcastically added: "I got it. They're gone. ----ing shocker." The forecast calls for steady rain today and then thunderstorms tomorrow. Maybe both teams could use an old-fashioned rainout. The way ...

Call Me Crazy
Published 6/12/2008 by Matthew Artus at NJ.com: Always Amazin'
I imagine Billy Wagner will want to reiterate his comments from mid-May that admonished his teammates after a 1-0 loss to the Nationals: "Someone tell me why the ---- you're talking to the closer. ...They're over there, not being interviewed." ..."I got it. They're gone. ----ing shocker." ..."It's the same three or four people every day. Nobody else wants to talk. Some of these guys have to start talking. They speak English, believe me." He made those comments in mid-May to criticize the Mets' players for not making themselves available to the media after wasting a quality ...