Several guys wore ankle braces. One tweaked a knee while running to first base and needed a pinch-runner. Yet another strained a hamstring trying to field a ball and gingerly walked off the field for a replacement. And many of the players on the Doc Cramer complex field nearest the roller hockey rinks walked, or limped – slowly – in between innings.
And then there was the “Frito Bandito,” Luis Davila. At 85, he more resembled “The Big Cat” Andres Gallaraga than a member of the “Walking Wounded”…
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