Photo by Jeff Johnson of the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Jeff also has the update.
Most of you who were there remember...or just cannot forget...the sight of Roady calmly trying to put his own foot back in place. Why so calm?
Ron Plein put a uniform back on last night at Memorial Stadium. Well, at least the top half.
“Got to,” he said before the Kernels’s 11-5 victory over Burlington. “We’ve lost four in a row.”
It’s difficult to wear baseball pants with most of your lower left leg in a cast. Plein, or “Roadrunner,” as he’s known around the ballpark, is on the disabled list.
The longtime Kernels equipment manager broke his ankle last week in the middle of Cedar Rapids’ game at Wisconsin. Roady, 65, was doing what Roady has been known to do sometimes, chasing down a foul ball behind home plate when he collided with one of Wisconsin’s batboys.
Down went Roady. Snap went his ankle.
“Just like I always do,” Plein said, when asked how he got injured. “Foul ball behind home plate, I was trying to beat their batboy to it. I beat him all right.”
“Didn’t even know it was broke,” he said. “I tried to stand up but couldn’t. I didn’t feel no pain.”Now, my ankle hurts.
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That was Tundra Seat night. At first i didn't realize who it was or what happened.
His quotes are amazing. Someone from the Kernels should be in touch with the representives of Chuck Norris.
There should be a Chuck Norris Night in Cedar Rapids for Roady.
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