Vicente Padilla Shot by Instructor

UPDATE: It seems that Padilla did not shoot himself, but was in fact shot by a shooting instructor. Full details here.

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla is back home in his native Nicaragua now his team's season has ended, and while there he's decided to do some hunting. Unfortunately for Vicente it seems his aim with a gun is a lot like his aim with his fastball. Sometimes he loses control of the thing and ends up hitting somebody.

Though this time it was himself.

Padilla was treated in a hospital on Tuesday after suffering what is being called a "minor" gunshot wound to his right leg.

[Padilla's agent Adam] Katz described the incident as a "hunting accident," saying that Padilla was grazed in his right thigh by a bullet. Katz said that Padilla spent 30 to 40 minutes at a hospital and was discharged.

"He's fine," Katz said.

News reports out of Nicaragua stated that Padilla was hurt at a shooting range. At least two news outlets reported that Padilla was accidentally shot by his "escort," who was trying to fix Padilla's malfunctioning gun.

Now Padilla is a free agent this winter, and there's no telling how this little accident may affect that. He has said he'd like to return to the Dodgers, who gave him a chance after he was released by the Texas Rangers in August. He went 4-0 with a 3.20 ERA for Los Angeles to help them get to the postseason, and he started three games in the playoffs going 1-1 with a 3.63 ERA.

Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said that he'd have to find out the extent of the injury before making any decisions on whether or not the team will bring him back.

Whether they do or not, Padilla should just be grateful he was hunting in Nicaragua and not a night club in New York. You end up in prison when you shoot yourself there. Just ask Plaxico.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)

11-04-2009 @ 2:32PM

ted said...

oops bet that hurt he will get more from insurance then he is worth.....

11-04-2009 @ 3:08PM

MICKEY said...

Hey, Los Angeles Dorkoff, next time wiggle your toes before you pull the trigger. Hunting my ass!!!

11-04-2009 @ 2:33PM

Heartbreak Kid said...

He could hang out with Plaxico Burress..........

11-04-2009 @ 4:57PM

diprivankt said...

took the words right out of my mouth

11-04-2009 @ 2:44PM

Judy said...

Better be glad he wasn't in the states....he would have been arrested and sent to jail for shooting himself!

11-04-2009 @ 2:49PM

lostmyfin said...

I wonder how many malt beverages were consumed before this rocket scientest shot himself ?

11-05-2009 @ 7:33AM

Pa said...

This is how you spell SCIENTIST!!! Learn the language before you post!

11-04-2009 @ 2:54PM

ibeyour1 said...

You don't have a "hunting accident" on a shooting range. So what really happened?

11-04-2009 @ 3:28PM

Jim Tennant said...

30-40 minutes in the emergency room for a gunshot wound??? In Nicaragua?? Hmmmmm . . . . I'm wondering if our new health care system will be as good as Nicaragua'a when Obama is done!?

11-04-2009 @ 3:35PM

John the Beast said...

Maybe he and Burress can find a 3 legged race somewhere.

11-04-2009 @ 3:38PM

BOB said...

he must have heard about that new dance that is all the rage in the NY nightclubs. it's called the plaxico. you hop around on one leg while holding the other and yell ooh...ooh.

11-04-2009 @ 3:46PM

Sam said...

The writer of this article is low-life scum and had no need referencing the Burress incident. That goes for all of you posters, too.

11-04-2009 @ 4:34PM

lucifer906 said...

Why not reference the other story of a sports figure shooting themselves in the leg? If something as small as referencing a story bothers you so much you shouldn't be on the internet.

11-04-2009 @ 4:12PM

Dee said...

Gee, let's see he's in Nicaragua. More like a drug deal gone bad :( Hunting on shooting range, hmmmm...whole story sounds fishy.

conchhorn said...

SSTTRRIIKKEE>

11-04-2009 @ 4:19PM

BUMintheSUN421 said...

I accidentally killed myself once, but I got better.

11-04-2009 @ 4:23PM

Ken said...

JUST GOES TO SHOW; STUPID IS STUPID.

11-04-2009 @ 4:27PM

JOHNNY said...

i live in puerto rico and i have nothing in the frig for food and we are gonna worry about a baseball player shooting himself, I DONT THINK SO!!

11-04-2009 @ 4:56PM

swiski1 said...

you live in Puerto Rico, have a computer, yet have nothing in the "frig" for food. I hope you haven't any "chillins","bambinos",or what ever you may call them, to get in to your stash, that you do keep refrigerated.