The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, built in 1982 and home to the Minnesota Twins, is a steady 65 degrees covered by a 10-acre roof of Teflon-coated fiberglass, 1/16" thick.Then, there's that pesky turf everyone and their mom complains about.
Little did former Twins second baseman Luis Castillo know, he would have to get used to playing in the National League heat.
The new Mets middle infielder left Sunday's game against the Chicago Cubs in the top of the eighth inning with heat exhaustion.
Acquired earlier this week from Minnesota, the switch-hitting Castillo was aboard with a single in the eighth, advanced to second on a David Wright base hit, then stole third base. He eventually scored on a double by Carlos Delgado before trainers attended to him in the Mets' dugout.
Not to worry Mets fans, it's nothing that a cool towel and some H20 won't fix.
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6 comments:
it wasn't heat exhaustion, it was because he was en fuego! 4/5, 2 runs and 2 stolen bases? ah luis, we miss ya, baby.
No doubt!
we do miss him, huh.
I, Stu, would rather have Castillo around to phase in Casilla, but when the newbie's winning games for you, it helps take the sad out.
That said, I do miss having the only guy who ran like Redd Foxx on Sanford and Son and could beat out an infield grounder on my team.
not to mention his outstanding defense!
How can you like this guy?!
He didn't even slide head-first into first base!!
-Dave MN
dude, dave MN...
we can't all be nicky punto.
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