GrantDawg
08-25-2004, 09:01 PM
I don't know how many heard about this. I thought it was funny.
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Drew returns after run-in with dugout roof
By DAVID O'BRIEN ([email protected])
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 8/25/04
There were bloodstains in his cap and staples in his head, but J.D. Drew was embarrassed more than anything Wednesday, the day after a pregame dugout incident sent the Braves right fielder to the hospital.
He was back in the lineup Wednesday, with a new nickname, courtesy of Chipper Jones: "Zipperhead."
"Unbelievable," said Drew, sheepishly recounting the incident. "That's crazy, man. That just ain't supposed to happen. You ain't supposed to hit your head in the dugout."
But he did. After batting practice Tuesday at Turner Field, he was jogging down a short flight of steps from the dugout to a tunnel leading to the Braves clubhouse.
He bounded off the top step and struck his head on a concrete overhang (by Wednesday afternoon, a blue pad covered the previously bare concrete).
After walking another 25 to 30 feet up the tunnel, Drew felt such throbbing pain in his head that he stopped and grabbed a railing for support. When his hand knocked off his cap, he noticed what he first thought to be red clay stains inside the cap.
Then he felt blood running down his face. Quite a bit of blood.
"I went in the training room and [head trainer Jeff] Porter looked at me like I'd been shot," Drew said.
The cut on top of his head was small, but the bleeding wasn't. Drew was driven to Piedmont Hospital, where the wound was closed with two staples. Drew missed Tuesday's game but said he was ready to go Wednesday.
"I tell you what, I had a ripping headache until about 5 a.m.," Drew said.
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Drew returns after run-in with dugout roof
By DAVID O'BRIEN ([email protected])
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 8/25/04
There were bloodstains in his cap and staples in his head, but J.D. Drew was embarrassed more than anything Wednesday, the day after a pregame dugout incident sent the Braves right fielder to the hospital.
He was back in the lineup Wednesday, with a new nickname, courtesy of Chipper Jones: "Zipperhead."
"Unbelievable," said Drew, sheepishly recounting the incident. "That's crazy, man. That just ain't supposed to happen. You ain't supposed to hit your head in the dugout."
But he did. After batting practice Tuesday at Turner Field, he was jogging down a short flight of steps from the dugout to a tunnel leading to the Braves clubhouse.
He bounded off the top step and struck his head on a concrete overhang (by Wednesday afternoon, a blue pad covered the previously bare concrete).
After walking another 25 to 30 feet up the tunnel, Drew felt such throbbing pain in his head that he stopped and grabbed a railing for support. When his hand knocked off his cap, he noticed what he first thought to be red clay stains inside the cap.
Then he felt blood running down his face. Quite a bit of blood.
"I went in the training room and [head trainer Jeff] Porter looked at me like I'd been shot," Drew said.
The cut on top of his head was small, but the bleeding wasn't. Drew was driven to Piedmont Hospital, where the wound was closed with two staples. Drew missed Tuesday's game but said he was ready to go Wednesday.
"I tell you what, I had a ripping headache until about 5 a.m.," Drew said.