I can only wish Wetteland and his family the best in getting through this. I’m just glad that he’s alright for now, hopefully he can come back well and be in uniform for the spring

No suicide story here after all.

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Before joining the M’s staff, Wetteland had spent the past two years teaching high-school Bible classes and serving as an assistant baseball coach for Liberty Christian School in Argyle.

Doesn’t seem like the religious type of guy, but okay. I like Wett because he will talk to fans outside the bullpen during games. Like once I asked why Lowe was going in during a blowout loss…guess he needed some work that day.

via Larue

David Cone, an ex-teammate of Wetteland’s, probably had the best synopsis of the story to this point. "John’s always been a complicated guy,‘’ Cone said. "I’m still confused about what actually happened, to tell you the truth,‘’ Cone said later. "I’m glad to see that he’s out of the hospital and doing better. I’ve heard conflicting reports on exactly what happened so I’m not sure how to respond one way or the other, but I certainly care about him a lot. He’s a great guy. He’s been through a lot in his life, on and off the field.’’

Cone said that in his coverage of the Mariners this season as a television broadcaster with the Yankees, he had gleaned the impression that Wetteland was succeeding in his assignment with Seattle. “He looked like he was enjoying what he does,” Cone said. “He’s a great bullpen coach. The Seattle pitchers raved about him when I talked to them this year. He’s well-liked and well-respected in there. I hope he’s OK. John’s always been a complicated guy. ‘Wett’ was a thinker. He’s not your typical dumb jock.”

Wetteland and Torre clashed at times during their season together with the Yankees, and as Don Zimmer recalled on Friday, Wetteland liked to put on his Rollerblades and hit balled-up sweatsocks around the clubhouse with a hockey stick — something the Yankees discouraged him from.

“It took us a little time to get on the same page,” Torre said. "He’s a very driven individual. We had to talk about some of his hockey stuff that he wanted to do all the time — nothing serious, but if we all wanted to go to the same place, we wanted to make sure everybody was healthy getting there.

“He was very special, very honest. I remember one game when he was saving both games of a doubleheader, he came in and said, ‘I didn’t have very much, Skip. Sorry, I’ll tell you next time.’ But he ended up getting the job done. He continues to be his own person, and I think that’s the thing that you take notice of first.”