Brian Wilson, globe trekker
A's starter Dallas Braden returned from a trip to Thailand with Giants closer Brian Wilson on Monday.
"I don't know if the Giants know it, but he's the best ambassador for their team. He never turned anyone away, he posed for photos with everyone. They'd say, 'Are you the guy with the beard from the Giants?' and he soaked it up. He showed the love."
By the end of the trip, though, the beard started to lose its distinctive black color. "I said, 'Dude, you must have forgot the Just For Men,' because you could see some red shining through," Braden said.
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“We’d be standing there waiting and then go, ‘Hey, Wilson’s a World Series champion and I threw a perfect game.’ We’re going right through the next second.”
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
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What a nice story. I didn’t know Wilson and Braden were such good friends. As articulate and intelligent as they are, I’d love to have heard the conversation on the plane.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Not that there’s a direct correlation between being well-traveled and intelligent/articulate, but it’s worth noting: I think this is at least the third time Wilson’s traveled abroad during the off-season. Didn’t he go to India on a trip a few years ago, and also backpacked through Ireland? (I want to say he traveled that time with Jeremy Affeldt, but I may be misremembering his travel companion.)
If only more athletes were as curious about the world outside their bubble as Brian Wilson (and Dallas Braden) seem to be.
"I could hear the angry MCC cacophany in my head."--Oldjacket, 7/4/10
If only more athletes were as curious about the world outside their bubble as Brian Wilson (and Dallas Braden) seem to be.
Luke Scott of the Orioles is currently searching Indonesia for clues as to the mystery man sleeping in the White House.
Next off-season: Kenya.
Charlie Hayes ate my homework
by glenallen hill's waterpipe on Dec 15, 2010 12:09 PM PST up reply actions
Couldn’t agree more. I remember being floored when I read an interview in which Lincecum shrugged off reading in general. Nothing arrogant, just a “Yeah, I don’t need that” attitude. Obviously, he’s doing just fine for himself, but I admire people who wish to reach for something more. Like Drew Storen, working on his degree at Stanford, or Fernando Perez, a published poet. And like Messrs. Wilson and Braden, exploring this fascinating world not because they have to, but because they want to.
The South shall rise again! And it will have a tender, flaky crust!
Of course, they could just have gone to Thailand for sex. There’s a reason Phuket is sometimes pronounced that way.
someone with more free time than sense.
Itaque, in anno MMX Gigantes San Francisconis Seriem Mundi vicerunt.
Ryan Rohlinger: world champion.
by shanghaijim on Dec 15, 2010 12:42 PM PST up reply actions
MOAR LIKE BANGKOK
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The baseball gods do not always punish the wicked but they will not just allow people to spit in their faces -- Joe Posnanski
I wish I would stop cheating. fuck. this is jctgamer's fault -- jponry
It’s only pronounced wrong by people trying to make sophomoric jokes.
When it’s written in Thai there’s only one way to say it.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
"You never wake up the baby." - E. Renteria, 01 August 2010
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by S.F. Giangst on Dec 15, 2010 6:28 PM PST up reply actions
He's Brian Wilson
If that’s what he was looking for he couldve just stayed in SF.
There’s also Ausmus, who played his first 4 years in the minors while getting a B.A. from Dartmouth.
/shrug
Some people just don’t really like to read.
I personally find it baffling, because I LOVE reading. But on the other hand there are things I’m just not hugely interested in, i.e. paintings.
Also, I remember an interview from somewhere that had Lincecum talking about wanting to go back to school some day after he retires from baseball to study psychology, which is kinda cool.
"Today, it's as if McCovey's line drive finally went through. And the earthquake didn't happen. And Spiezio struck out. And Snow was safe."
He went to Australia with Brad Penny last year, IIRC.
They might be Giants...but they are definitely WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
doan worry, poplo loe he team, he wan get berry good for body to play the beisbol
Proud Aussie father of Roberto Kelly
by Tim LinCyYoung on Dec 15, 2010 6:52 PM PST up reply actions
He went to Ireland with Braden too, IIRC. I remember him saying that they weren’t recognized at all during that trip. I guess things have changed since then.
Yes, Wilson and Braden traveled to Ireland together in 2007.
Schulman did a great article in the Chron about their trip including a really funny story about their rental car. Amazing to think that they stayed in youth hostels.
You're remarkable in a funny way. Or funny in a remarkable way.
It’s all true! INSIDE INFORMATION! This is why Brian Wilson couldn’t come to The Dandy Warhols show on Saturday.
Brian Sabean strongly encourages you to disregard the drudgery of your employment responsibilities and join him in the consumption of spirituous libations.
Brian Wilson, partying in Bangkok
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