Phillip Wellman’s tirade is unforgettable.

13 years ago today

Phillip Wellman has enjoyed a 36-year career in professional baseball, first as a prospect in the Braves system and then as a manager for several minor league teams, but he’ll always be remembered for one monumental blowup on June 1, 2007. 

Wellman was managing the Double A Mississippi Braves at the time, who were playing the Chattanooga Lookouts that night. Pitcher Kelvin Villa was ejected for using a foreign substance and the rest is history. Wellman charged out of the dugout and expressed his displeasure in a number of creative ways—most memorably by tossing the rosin bag like a grenade at the feet of the umpire. 

The tirade earned Wellman a three-game suspension from his big league bosses but he managed the Mississippi team for three more seasons. 

What’s interesting about the legacy of the clip (and maybe only to me, because I work