The richest free agent signee in Padres history, James Shields arrived to the sound of applause as the front office staff lined the corridors for his initial walk to the clubhouse two Februarys ago. Two years later, he left as “an embarrassment” as Executive Chairman Ron Fowler put it days before the Padres shipped him and a pile of cash to the Chicago White Sox.
Shield’s official take now that he no longer wears Padres blue … or brown … or Sunday camos: Really?
“I think the way that I left was definitely disappointing,” the 34-year-old right-hander said in a Tuesday morning interview with Dan Sileo on The Mighty 1090.