June 28, 2006

Perminently injured player is a team member for life

SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Padres continue to treat fallen LaChappa as one of their own
Matt LaChappa hasn't thrown a pitch professionally in 10 years. He is confined to a wheelchair, and constrained by the physical fallout from back-to-back heart attacks.
Yet the Padres continue to pay him as if he were an active player. It might be the noblest thing they do.

This is one of the coolest things I've ever heard of coming out of profesional sports.

Posted by pqbon at June 28, 2006 3:37 PM