Ed Wade Finally Hung

Yesterday, Phillies fans in Williamstown, NJ, were treated to possibly the greatest sports event this city has seen since Tugger sprung from the mound: Ed Wade's body swinging from a tree. No, the playoff drought hadn't made some deranged fan finally snap and twist up a noose; Ed was parachuting and got his lines caught in a tree on his way down. Yep, he even sucks at gravity.

Via AJ Daulerio's "The Daily Examiner"

Comments

[Big Tom]

I will affer a reward to anyone who can get me a picture of this. Ed Wade is so bad he can't hit the ground jumping out of an airplane.

[Matt P]

we'll double that reward for video.

[Chris]

Couldn't have happened somewhere that Phillies Phans could throw things at him?

[Baker Bowl]

Padres trade deadline acquisitions:

Shea Hillenbrand
Scott Hairston
Wilfredo Ledezma
Morgan Ensberg
Rob Mackowiak

Sounds like Big Ed is running the show there already.

[Adam]

That is EXACTLY the reason why I bring a blindfold and a baseball bat everywhere I go

[johndewar]

Russell Branyan hits a game winner out of nowhere, The Phils win despite pulling Hamels too early, and now this.

Our luck is getting better everyday.

[Poster Nutbag]

i have a fantastic ed wade story to tell...

it was just about 2 years ago when our beloved phillies were in washington, dc to play the nationals. they were just 1 game out of the wild card (this was the year the astros got it), so like any self-respecting phillies fan living in the washington, dc area, i went down to the game (this was also during either jimmy rollins or chase utley's hitting streak...i think it was jimmy's).

now, attending a game at RFK in september is a great thing for a number of reasons, but mainly because you can buy a $5 ticket and sit anywhere in the ballpark you want. i would say there were probably 17,000 people there that night (and that is being generous) and at least half the crowd was rooting for the phillies. so, i went down, bought my $5 ticket and managed to score myself a great seat about 2 rows directly behind the phillies dugout. oh, and my seat was directly behind where ed wade was sitting.

had i not been by myself at the game i really would have given it to him all game, but since i was there solo, i kept my mouth shut until about the 7th inning when ed got up to go to go somewhere and as he is walking by i said to him "hey, ed, are we gonna make the playoffs this year?", to which he replied "well, we'll see". that wasn't exactly the kind of confidence i was looking for from our general manager. "we'll see"? is that all you have for me, ed wade? again, he was lucky i was there solo, because if i had backup with me i think mr. wade would have gotten a nice earful from this phillies fan.

i would have loved to have seen him hanging from that tree. if he asked me to get him down, i think i would have replied "well, we'll see".

[Ian]

Ed needed Dave Montgomery’s permission to open the parachute.