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Scott Wilson Hospitalized in Jacksonville After Heart Attack


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1 hour ago, LTtxfan said:

Great article on Scott from The Daily Texan...

https://thedailytexan.com/2018/07/17/ultimate-longhorn-baseball-fan-continues-to-cheer-on-texas/ 

I loved "The Wild Bunch" -- always remember a guy coming into the Texas baseball games wearing a President Nixon mask and always accompanied by some Secret Service guys... 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I was a kid at a baseball game when the Houston Cougar players climbed into the stands and went after "The Wild Bunch" after one of the Coog players girlfriend threw a Coke on "The Wild Bunch".

Pretty sure a guy in " The Wild Bunch" retaliated by throwing his spitcup contents back on her.  My Dad and I were sitting only a few rows behind what went down.   It was... 

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This is a pretty accurate account of what happened. The guy that got the Coke thrown on him is also the one that retaliated with what was handy which was his spitcup. It was about to get ugly when the UT cops made the scene and broke it up. That guy with the spitcup went on to graduate from UT Law School and became the assistant DA for a county in East Texas. I'm not sure if he has retired or not, but I know the good folks there do not know of his sordid past. So, I will not reveal his name here.

Wilson was of course in that Nixon mask and yes some of us had to be the Secret Service guys. This was called the "State of the Rag Address" he gave each year at the start of the season. It mimicked the State of the Union Address given by the President each year. Sometimes one of us would stand at the top of the steps and introduce him like they do the President in the House Chamber. Trying to remember what year he finally quit doing it. He did stop wearing the Nixon mask while doing it and then it stopped all together. That bit got kind of stale and others took on more timely things would take its place. Such as the refs marching in throwing flags after that fateful Cotton Bowl game with all the personal fouls and unsportsman like conduct penalties against Miami. I think I still have frostbite from the weather and the score from that game.

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1 hour ago, cochamps said:

FYI, the reason Scott can’t speak right now is the sedation.  They will take the breathing apparatus out in the morning and they will drop the sedation.  Doctors have assured that normal functions will resume at that time.  He has a long recovery ahead, including more stents in a different artery.  That will occur in Austin after recovering from this one.

As mentioned, great treatment at the airport & UF Downtown Hospital were vital to his pulling through.  Thoughts & prayers are appreciated and a win tomorrow would lift his spirits too.

🤘🤘🤘

A win would please Wilson and everybody else. Bad news did come down after his surgery to put in the two stents, which went well. He is under strict doctors' orders I have been told by people on scene at the hospital that he not be allowed to watch the game tomorrow, as no undue stress is allowed at this point. 

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I’m no doctor, but do they know who they’re dealing with here? The stress of not being able to watch the game might be more than whatever he deals with watching the game.

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20 minutes ago, Red Five said:

I’m no doctor, but do they know who they’re dealing with here? The stress of not being able to watch the game might be more than whatever he deals with watching the game.

Live look at his hospital room at 7:00pm eastern tomorrow 

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12 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

this was going to be game 597.   so, due to the obvious hospitalization it will end at 596

 

baseball is 1500+    He missed a series back in 1999 or 2000 otherwise that streak would have been close to 3,000

It doesn’t count  if you miss a game because of a heart attack…..

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