SAN DIEGO (AP) – It’s 2 o’clock on a typically brilliant San Diego afternoon and David “Boomer” Wells is on the mound at David Wells Field.
OK, technically he’s just in front of it, setting up a pitching machine to run his Point Loma Pointers through situational hitting drills.
Eight seasons after throwing his last big league pitch, Wells is now head coach at his alma mater, which he pitched to a city championship 33 years ago.
Who could have ever imagined Wells, the wild child from gritty Ocean Beach, being a high school head coach?
It certainly wasn’t in his post-career plans.