The Los Angeles Dodgers almost lost their prized waiver wire signing.
News from Nicaragua comes that Vicente Padilla had been wounded in a shooting but will survive. Thankfully, he was only grazed.
Whew.
So what’s Padilla doing? Blowing off some steam? He hasn’t been playing a week and he already has to take target practice? I don’t get it.
This Padilla’s a strange dude. He was finally “regarded as a disruptive clubhouse presence” by the Texas Rangers after throwing at one too many batters and starting one too many brawl. Michael Young had had enough!
Hopefully, Padilla shows off his scar in spring training. And then goes out and promptly plunks the first batter he faces.
