Dodgers Assist Homeless Former Player

[todeen]

This appeared in my newsfeed this morning. Feel good story of a team doing the right thing with no quid pro quo.

Dodgers are my mom's favorite team. Respect. I wonder how many other teams have a situation like this with cancer.

https://news.yahoo.com/dodgers-keep-...152915202.html

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[mrreality68]

that is awesome

[1952boyntoncollector]

they will probably get sued for not paying minimum wage or some other salary down the line..no good deed goes unpunished.

[todeen]

This is in THE ATHLETICS "Warmup" this morning about a 16 year old catcher in MiLB with the Padres. A player "in-perpetuity" who is the oldest player in baseball is on the same team with the youngest player in baseball. But it connects with what the Dodgers were doing.

ARE YOU MOVING TOO FAST?
Back in early April, Keith Law wrote about Padres catching prospect Ethan Salas, saying “I can’t believe this kid is 16.”

Well, that 16-year-old kid (he turns 17 tomorrow) made his pro debut yesterday with the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm. He made quite a splash: he doubled, singled and walked in his three plate appearances, meaning he enters his last day as a 16-year-old with a 1.000 on-base percentage in the minor leagues.

There hasn’t been a 19-year-old catcher in the big leagues since Pudge Rodriguez in 1991, but the Padres’ willingness to promote Salas to affiliated ball before his 17th birthday suggests that he could be on track to be the next one.

Of note: The Storm now feature both the youngest and the oldest roster members in the minor leagues. At 47 years old, “Padre for life” Matt LaChappa, who has been using a wheelchair since suffering a heart attack while warming up for a game in 1996, is on the Lake Elsinore roster in perpetuity, a gesture by the team that ensures he does not lose his health insurance.