Sunday, July 29, 2007

BayBears manager suffers stroke

Mobile manager Brett Butler suffered a stroke last week in Montgomery.

A BayBears spokesman said early in Friday's game that Butler was out because he was sick. An Associated Press story, citing a statement by the Arizona Diamondbacks, said Butler suffered a mild stroke Friday night.

Matt Williams, the former star major-league third baseman who was an Arizona analyst and pregame host, has been named Mobile's interim manager.

9:30 p.m. UPDATE: Baptist South was the city's trauma center through 7 a.m. Friday and doesn't have record of him.

Jackson Hospital took over those duties at 7 a.m. Friday and won't admit to anything. They told me I had to talk to the P.R. department, which won't be in until Monday. Of course, they said there is no emergency night/weekend contact number.

At least Baptist South is organized.

10 p.m. UPDATE: Butler apparently suffered the stroke in the early hours of Friday and went back to Mobile before going to a hospital. The Diamondbacks' statement that the stroke was Friday night and he's here in Montgomery is a little off.

At least the Diamondbacks tried to give specifics, unlike what I was told Friday, that Butler was "sick and feeling a little dizzy, so he went back to the hotel."

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