Left fielder Chris Duncan, rushing to the park so he could make it in time for the early game, suffered a 12-stitch gash on the top of his head as he banged into a ceiling at his apartment complex as he attempted to jump down three steps.
Duncan arrived just before gametime with his head shaved in a circle around the cut to make room for the stitches.
"It kind of just split open," he said. "I can't see it so I don't know what it looks like. It started bleeding pretty good."
Regardless, Duncan collected a key pinch-hit double in the eighth inning.
Duncan late for game
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Duncan late for game
I recorded the game and was surprised when I heard Duncan only showed up 15 minutes before gametime. They said he was caught in traffic, but I found this story:
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I don't think Chris is aware of those new fangled things called mirrors.jim wrote:"I can't see it so I don't know what it looks like. It started bleeding pretty good."
And yes, sign him up for ballet.
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AP - St. Louis
10:45 p.m.
ADVERTISMENT
Gash in Duncan's head a result of attack
Chris Duncan reportedly arrived late to today's game with the Reds, but facts are standing in the way of the story, apparently. According to reports, he was actually at Busch Stadium a few minutes early, and needed to ask his dad about reconciling his checkbook, which up until this month, pitching coach Dave Duncan had taken care of for him.
As he entered Dave's office with out knocking, he found manager Tony LaRussa, Dave and third base coach Jose Oquendo engaged in an early morning shred party. Reports are that they were shredding the very guarded secret files, which contain everything from why Albert bats third, pitching and hitting charts, and the identity of the gunman on the grassy knoll.
As he tried to leave, Jose grabbed the closest thing to him...a sandshovel left by a disgruntled groundskeeper, and smashed Chris over the head with it, and said, "There's your secret weapon, fool!" As of press time, these reports were neither confirmed, nor denied.
10:45 p.m.
ADVERTISMENT
Gash in Duncan's head a result of attack
Chris Duncan reportedly arrived late to today's game with the Reds, but facts are standing in the way of the story, apparently. According to reports, he was actually at Busch Stadium a few minutes early, and needed to ask his dad about reconciling his checkbook, which up until this month, pitching coach Dave Duncan had taken care of for him.
As he entered Dave's office with out knocking, he found manager Tony LaRussa, Dave and third base coach Jose Oquendo engaged in an early morning shred party. Reports are that they were shredding the very guarded secret files, which contain everything from why Albert bats third, pitching and hitting charts, and the identity of the gunman on the grassy knoll.
As he tried to leave, Jose grabbed the closest thing to him...a sandshovel left by a disgruntled groundskeeper, and smashed Chris over the head with it, and said, "There's your secret weapon, fool!" As of press time, these reports were neither confirmed, nor denied.