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		Vicente Padilla stars in 'Plaxico 2: Electric Boogaloo' (latimesblogs.latimes.com)		25
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Cagey B

2009-11-04 01:48:26 AM

Old Vicente has the worst luck when he's drinking.

D-Liver

2009-11-04 07:24:26 AM

I've got your "Man Agua" right here.

chimp_ninja

2009-11-04 07:27:03 AM

I love the ending to the article:
"A hospital spokeswoman ... told reporters that the Nicaraguan pitcher in 32 years, this year also played with the Texas Rangers, was hospitalized for 40 minutes and already left the medical center, without gravity.

Update: Leung passes along another report that states that his bodyguard fired the wounding shot."

TheShavingofOccam123

2009-11-04 07:29:50 AM

if he can overcome the effects of gravity, that must be some fastball.

clocked it at almost 7 miles per second.

BobXXL

2009-11-04 08:39:44 AM

That's an unfortunate Vincecedent.

Another Government Employee

2009-11-04 08:50:28 AM

That little button the side? Safety. Learn it. Love it. Use it.

4NSpy

2009-11-04 08:54:43 AM

Hot Shots: Part Deux

Hoopy Frood

2009-11-04 08:56:34 AM

Here's a Google translation of one of the stories:

They can't find anyone who speaks Spanish at the L.A. Times?

Anarchangel

2009-11-04 09:17:57 AM

BobXXL: That's an unfortunate Vincecedent.

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"You are the biggest ass in the history of the known universe."

NYRBill

2009-11-04 09:19:00 AM

how is this Plaxico 2 if his bodyguard shot him? at a shooting range, not a night club...

ihatedumbpeople

2009-11-04 09:29:18 AM

Bodyguard shot him on accident, gun was registered (I'm assuming this...armed bodyguard, gun range...etc)

sounds like apples to oranges to me.

godiluvbeer

2009-11-04 09:40:28 AM

Hoopy Frood: Here's a Google translation of one of the stories:

They can't find anyone who speaks Spanish at the L.A. Times?

I'm glad someone asked this question...I was thinking the same thing. Besides, someone who speaks Spanish would cost less to keep on payroll, right?

NYRBill: how is this Plaxico 2 if his bodyguard shot him? at a shooting range, not a night club...

wondering this as well.

This Looks Fun

2009-11-04 10:02:59 AM

Well, let's see... we have a high profile athlete in a major market who is shot in the leg by friendly fire, presumably due to negligence and not using the safety. His name is ~~Plaxico Burress~~ Vincente Padilla.

I dunno guys, I'm seeing some similarities.

bottsicus

2009-11-04 10:08:58 AM

"Here's a Google translation of one of the stories:

The pitcher Vicente Padilla of the Los Angeles Dodgers was entered today in a private hospital in Managua with a bullet wound in his right leg, his family said.

The player left hours later the medical center and is recovering from a wound is not serious, the sources added to the local press.

Padilla was injured when practiced at a shooting range, 22 miles southeast of Managua.

The spokesman for the National Police of Nicaragua, Vilma Reyes, told the press that the shot that Padilla was injured accidentally.

A hospital spokeswoman ... told reporters that the Nicaraguan pitcher in 32 years, this year also played with the Texas Rangers, was hospitalized for 40 minutes and already left the medical center, without gravity."

Really? The f*ckin LA Times doesn't have anybody on staff that can pull off a better spanish to english translation than this?

neuroflare

2009-11-04 10:09:36 AM

VICENTE

UNC_Samurai

2009-11-04 10:27:36 AM

Update: Leung passes along another report that states that his bodyguard fired the wounding shot.

Duh, we KNEW that. Padilla can't hit the broad side of a barn, let alone his own foot.

PolarBoy

2009-11-04 12:29:17 PM

Or the bodyguard is taking the fall.

Treygreen13

2009-11-04 12:41:23 PM

You would think that it would be difficult to get a license for a shooting range in 0 gravity.

dionysos

2009-11-04 01:25:39 PM

One would think he of all people would know how to aim for the head.

germ78

2009-11-04 02:04:18 PM

If he shot himself with his own taser, I could see it being Plaxico 2: Electric Boogaloo. But like others have mentioned, the lack of electricity only makes it Hot Shots Part Foo.

caknuck

2009-11-04 02:48:56 PM

As a Texas Rangers fan, I can only say that this story only could have been better if the bullet magically ricocheted and struck Kenny Rogers and Mark Teixeira in their respective asses.

Super Chronic

2009-11-04 05:48:33 PM

I submitted it with this headline: "Los Angeles pitcher shoots himself after losing in LCS. This is not a repeat from 1986."

/realizes the Angels were "California" back then
//still think it was a good headline

D-Liver

2009-11-05 09:17:49 AM

Super Chronic: I submitted it with this headline: "Los Angeles pitcher shoots himself after losing in LCS. This is not a repeat from 1986."

/realizes the Angels were "California" back then
//still think it was a good headline

Ouch...perhaps too much regional flavor, but for those of us from SoCal...a masterfully messed up headline.

640wqbr

2009-11-05 03:10:18 PM