Is Mike Hampton the REAL Wild Thing? | A Baseball Story

[@kushclarkkent6669]

Daaaamn I was just thinking about Mike yesterday. I created this lefty pitcher on The Show and she wears 32 on my Braves. He's the last person I remember wearing it with ATL. I remember him always being injured as a kid lol. But during the rare times he was available, he was money. That one year he had with the Astros was craaazy.

[@andrewsells3420]

I’m shocked that Hampton never sparked a debate over making him a two way, the game would be so different today if that experiment happened

[@GoodVibesSportsMedia]

Kinda crazy to think about! I’m sure there are a lot of guys that could have tried it, but it was never even considered… Makes ya appreciate the openness to it now I suppose! 😎

[@stevenbrookover3934]

Actually it was Mitch Williams that everybody always compared to the Wild Thing character. I never heard of Hampton being called that.

[@GoodVibesSportsMedia]

A few folks have said this now. And I agree Haha. This was more so just a fun excuse to talk through Mike Hampton’s career as opposed to a literal comparison. ✌🏻 He did some “wild” things on the field. 😎

[@stevenbrookover3934]

@@GoodVibesSportsMedia I hear ya. It was still a really good video. Thank God for baseball!

[@LeighMet]

No that was Mitch Williams

[@chris00nj]

Everyone knows it's Mitch Williams

[@EthanNiedorowski]

What year did this movie come out ❤ so I’m guessing not Maybe Nolan Ryan 🎉

[@unkledoda420]

I thought Carlos Zambrano had a season where he hit 7 homers.

[@GoodVibesSportsMedia]

6 in 2006. He also could rake!