Wells: I Misquoted Myself

A few days after a pre-publication copy of his new autobiography fell into the hands of the AP, New York Yankees pitcher David Wells decided to spend some time emphasizing that he didn't really mean to say what he said:

In a 20-minute interview with reporters, Wells went all over the place. He disputed the claim in his own book that he was "half-drunk" when he pitched his perfect game in 1998, saying he was only hung over. He scolded New York reporters for focusing on the book's chapters covering his Yankees days and urged them not to ask his teammates about it anymore.

"I'm accountable for everything that I said in that book," Wells said at Legends Field. "But that's just the way it comes out. I shouldn't have to sit here and explain myself, because the book is for the people who want to go out there and buy it and read it and have fun with it, not to criticize me."

At one juncture, Wells said, "I don't regret anything." At another, he said, "It's my fault for not going through [the book] with a fine-toothed comb."

Wells wrote his book with celebrity co-author Chris Kreski, known well around the world for landmark achievements in celebrity autobiography as Growing Up Brady, I Was A Teenage Greg that he wrote with Barry Williams, as well as Star Trek Memories with William Shatner.

Over the course of the coming week, Yankees' General Manager Brian Cashman will be reading the book, pondering over the possibility that the team might take some sort of disciplinary action against Wells.

No word yet on how much it would have cost in advertising to create this much buzz over Wells' book.

UPDATE: Now it looks like Wells may be backtracking on his claim that between 25 and 40 percent of all major league baseball players are using steroids.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Robert George over at NRO wonders what all the fuss is about.

Eric 10:48 PM

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