All Sports Isn't About Money
My eyes got a little teary about this story.
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Amid all the negative sports stories out there, here’s one locally that will make your heart swell. Our San Diego Padres really have heart.
Matt LaChappa hasn’t pitched in 19 years. But that hasn’t stopped the Padres from renewing his contract year after year. Once a Padres prospect, the pitcher suffered a heart attack in a Class A game in 1996 and is now confined to a wheelchair.
Yet his minor league contract continues to be renewed, including this year, according to published reports, so that LaChappa, who’s from the Barona Indian Reservation, can continue to have health insurance.
USA Today spoke with LaChappa’s brother, Eagle LaChappa, on Tuesday and he described his brother’s relationship with the Padres as “special.”
Read more:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Padres-Continue-to-Sign-Ex-Pitcher-Now-in-Wheelchair-299116981.html
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