The bikers would give Wells a dollar for every strikeout and five dollars if he won the game. His mom’s friends, most of them Hell’s Angels would attend young David’s little league games to root him on. As a child, David didn’t know who his father was until he met him when he was 22 years old. David’s mother, Eugenia, was a biker chick who went by the handle “Attitude Annie.” There was nothing average about Eugenia she had five children from four different men. Not many kids brought Hell’s Angels to their little league games. ![]() To say that he had a somewhat unusual childhood would be a dramatic understatement. He only wanted to be the best pitcher he could be, and he did that, even pitching one of only three perfect games in the Yankee’s 117-year history in 1998.ĭavid Lee Wells was born on May 20, 1963, in Torrance, California. He didn’t care who he threatened, who he offended, or what the Yankee brass thought of him. Wells was cut from a different cloth than most Yankee players. ![]() ![]() ![]() Of New York Yankees players, none may have been as irreverent, wild, and loved than David Wells. By William Parlee / Empire Sports Media / April 6, 2020
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