“Ty Wigginton Performs Under Pressure”
by Bill Baer on November 22nd, 2011Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | Print | 10 Comments »
You’ll hear the words “performs under pressure” bandied about to describe many players in baseball, usually in the context of a baseball game. For newly-acquired utilityman Ty Wigginton, it means a lot more. This article from the St. Petersburg Times, circa 2007, describes a real-life pressure situation in which Wigginton quite literally delivered.
When his wife, Angela, went into intense labor two weeks early, Ty ended up delivering their son in the bedroom closet of their new North Carolina home.
“He was out in less than a minute,” Ty said Friday. “One or two pushes, and he was ready to see the world.”
The baby was healthy. The delivery, given the circumstances, was smooth. But it was not without drama. And some chaos.
Angela lying on the floor of the walk-in closet. Their 3-year-old son, Chase, sick and scared, locked in the adjacent bedroom, screaming, “Is Mommy o-tay?” Ty getting step-by-step instructions from a 911 operator, then having to give Angela the phone so he could have both hands free to tie the umbilical cord with a lace he took out of his shoe.
“I think adrenaline took over. It’s kind of all a blur,” Ty said. “It was unbelievable.”
Ty Wigginton. Clutch. But not that kind of clutch.
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10 Responses to ““Ty Wigginton Performs Under Pressure””
By Phillie697 on Nov 22, 2011
Are you trolling your own columns now, BB? LOL
By hk on Nov 22, 2011
With that dWAR, the baby was lucky he didn’t drop it.
By LTG on Nov 22, 2011
Soft hands but no range; so, it’s a good thing the baby wasn’t a little to his right.
By hk on Nov 22, 2011
Maybe Ty’s lack of range is why they delivered the baby in a closet. If so, kudos to the wife for the scouting report.
By Phillie697 on Nov 22, 2011
With that wOBA, I’m surprised he actually had a baby.
Sorry, that was the best I can do with his lack of hitting ability.
By hk on Nov 22, 2011
Good effort. Batting average (hit or miss) probably would have worked better.
By Maestrobe on Nov 22, 2011
Headline clearly should be “Ty Wigginton Delivers Under Pressure.”
By LTG on Nov 22, 2011
Perhaps: With that OBP, I’m surprised he has a wife let alone a baby. BAM!
By Phillie697 on Nov 22, 2011
@LTG,
Well, it depends on if he’s trying to score against righties or lefties…
By Frank K on Nov 24, 2011
Like that great Todd Zeile acquistion by the Phils back in the Dark Ages, Ty covers an area at third base the size of a postage stamp and he can hit a solid .250 while “delivering” some longballs in between the strikeout parade. Since they also want Raul to come back I think it’s time for a new summer hobby for me. The Phillies are going to be too hard to watch.