![]() 375 Holland & Holland Magnum strapped to his back. "I guess I'll just go until they rip the uniform off me."Īt 43, Wells is probably right, but he nearly had a lion do it first.įorgoing his usual offseason pastime, surfing, Wells spent three weeks on safari in Africa hunting what he called "the big five" (lions, leopards, rhinoceroses, elephants and buffaloes) with nothing but a guide and trackers and his trusty. You can't go to the park and cut up with the boys, talk (expletive) and have fun and all the above. "I had a lot of time to think, 'What am I going to do?' You're used to going to a certain place for 25 years and it stops and you're confused. ![]() "I was bored," Wells said while relaxing post-workout in front of his locker. Louis Cardinals in the National League Division Series, Wells said he intended to retire, but he realized once he hit the couch that he knew no other way. Enough that the Padres lured him back with a one-year, $3-million contract that could earn him up to $7 million with incentives.Īfter 20 seasons in the majors and an October washout to the St. Wells – who said he had "graduated" to a life of surfing Pacific Beach and hunting with Kirk Gibson after going 3-5 with a 4.42 ERA in 2006 – still has some life in that arm. The old lefty grunts with each pitch and labors a little more than he used to, but don't let the self-deprecation fool you. ![]()
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