SAN DIEGO — On a crisp Michigan morning last October, retired All-Star pitcher David Wells stalked deer on the ranch he shares with former slugger Kirk Gibson while gathering the goods for the venison tacos he serves at his charity golf tournament.
Something pierced the calm.
“I was in my tree stand and my phone started buzzing,” Wells said Tuesday. “I looked down and it was Nick, so I answered it. He said, ‘Thank you.’ I said, ‘For what?’ He said, ‘For saving my life. I’m doing the treatments.’
“I’m sitting in that tree stand crying.