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Report: Padilla gunshot wound not self-inflicted
November 4th, 2009, 5:00 pm · 7 Comments · posted by Earl Bloom, staff writer
Contrary to earlier reports, Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla did not accidentally shoot himself during target practice in Nicaragua.
The Associated Press is now reporting Padilla was wounded by his shooting instructor, a former police captain.
The instructor, handed a jammed weapon by Padilla, accidentally shot himself in the hand, with the bullet grazing Padilla’s leg.
So all the folks who were playing the Plaxico Burress card can now shut up.
Why anyone found humor in a man accidentally shooting himself, going to prison for two years and possibly ending career, I have no idea.
When the Padilla story first surfaced today, it was pretty ironic to hear Internet pundits from gun-crazy Texas, of all places, get on the former Rangers right-hander’s case.
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Second baseman Akinori Iwamura is excited to take his sharkskin glove from Tampa Bay to Pittsburgh.
Unlike those few folks who will pay to watch the Pirates in 2010, Iwamura will be well-compensated at $4.85 million for the season.
Iwamura is actually the second member of the 2008 AL Champion Rays to land in Pittsburgh.
Eric Hinske started this past season as a Pirate before being traded to the Yankees.
I think we can understand Iwamura being optimistic about joining the Pirates.
The first Rays team he played on lost 96 games; the next year they were in the World Series.
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Ask Whicker about good humor.
“Why anyone found humor in a man accidentally shooting himself, going to prison for two years and possibly ending career, I have no idea.”
I think that quote speaks for itself. And yes, it’s quite funny.
Well, I have been doing this for 38 years. I got over being jealous about what pro athletes make long ago, and find no humor in the tragedies of other family men, in the NFL or on the street.
As for the previous Jaycee Dugard reference by quinlan’s goofy swing, I guess it’s ok for you and your ilk to continue to make poor-taste references it in an attempt at humor. That seems to be quite a double standard. But then you don’t write under your own name.
Not that explaining jokes ever makes things any funnier (usually it destroys any humor), but I’ll try my best at deconstructing the Plaxico Burress situation.
1. He was “holstering” a loaded and unregistered, unlicensed gun in his sweatpants.
2. He was wearing these sweatpants to a nightclub.
3. He thought he was being a “tough guy” by doing the above. A wannabe gangsta, if you will.
4. He shot himself, accidentally.
Yeah, it’s still funny!
If it’s a white guy in a bar in Arizona, where they encourage packing heat, it’s OK then, right?
What? You mean we had to spend time debunking an AP story that Padilla shot himself? Those damn mainstream media types!
“That seems to be quite a double standard.”
Obviously you didn’t actually use the link that Earl provided, so I’ll try to explain what seems to have happened.
The LA Times quoted Padilla’s agent’s version of the events. The AP reporter in Managua quoted Padilla’s business adviser’s version of the events, which didn’t match the LA Times account.
It’s not uncommon to have some confusion in these instances, but the same standard applies: trying to get it right. Occasionally it takes a couple of tries.