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Early Season Casualty Lists Robbed Majors of Many Key Performers.(baseball players)(Brief Article)

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| August 01, 2001 | KUENSTER, JOHN | COPYRIGHT 2001 Century Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE UNEXPECTED INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR SO FREQUENTLY IN baseball. Third baseman Bill Mueller of the Cubs was racing towards the stands in Busch Stadium, trying to catch a foul popup hit by the Cardinals' Bobby Bonilla in a Sunday afternoon game last May 13.

As he slid to make the catch, Mueller banged his knee on the metal underneath the stands down the third-base line. The force of the collision resulted in a fractured left kneecap for Mueller who was expected to be lost to the Cubs for at least two months.

Up to that point, Mueller had played a key role in the improvement of the Cubs in the early going of the 2001 pennant race. He was ...

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