PITTSBURGH, PA - 1993: Relief pitcher Mitch Williams #99 of the Philadelphia Phillies pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates during a Major League Baseball game at Three Rivers Stadium in 1993 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images)
In this installment of the Players You Forgot Were Astros series, we look at the career of Mitch Williams.
As far as baseball movies go, as much as I like “Field of Dreams” and “The Natural,” the comedy “Major League” takes the cake. Shortly after the film was released, southpaw reliever Mitch Williams was nicknamed “Wild Thing” after Charlie Sheen’s character, and the moniker fit thanks to his tendency to throw pitches “juuuuuuust a bit outside.