Arrr! Cole Paplham took a whack to the noggin from a cannonball pitch—Dodgers be no gentle sea breeze!
2025-02-24
Arrr, mateys! Cole Paplham, the mighty hurler of the Padres, took a whack to his noggin from a cannonball of a baseball, flyin' at a fearsome 102 knots! They whisked him away on a magic cart, lookin' like a dazed landlubber! Yarrr, what a scallywag's day!
Arrr, gather 'round ye scallywags! Word from the realm of baseball be that young Cole Paplham, a pitcher for the San Diego Padres, met a fearsome fate on the diamond! On a blustery Sunday, he found himself in the path of a fearsome 102-mph cannonball, shot straight from the bat of a rogue Dodger named Aaron Bracho!In the eighth inning, Paplham flung a pitch, only to have it boomerang back faster than a pirate’s parrot! Down he went, laid out like a shipwrecked sailor, but lo! After a spell, he meandered to a golf cart, but not like a jolly old sea dog—more like a landlubber in need of a good rum.His captain, Manager Mike Shildt, reported that the lad seemed to have his wits about him, though he looked as rattled as a cat in a barrel o' fish! “Our prayers be with him!” Shildt declared. Paplham be a newcomer to the Padres’ crew since '23, having sailed through the minor leagues—where he garnered a respectable 3.82 ERA.Just days prior, another Dodgers’ mate, Bobby Miller, met a similar fate with a line drive of his own! Aye, the seas of baseball be treacherous, and the pirates of the diamond must tread carefully!