DODGERS NOTEBOOK: CENTER-FIELD COLLISION A SETBACK.Byline: Brian Dohn Daily News Staff Writer Trenidad Hubbard Trenidad Aviel Hubbard (born Trent Hubbard[1], May 11, 1966, in Chicago, Illinois) was a Major League Baseball journeyman outfielder. He is an alumnus of Southern University and A&M College. is considered the Dodgers' fifth outfielder. And Hiram Bocachica Hiram Colon Bocachica (born March 4, 1976, in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball player, currently playing outfield for the San Diego Padres. He is 5'11" and weighs around 195 pounds. is trying to unseat him. On Monday, the two collided in left-center field at Fort Lauderdale Stadium Fort Lauderdale Stadium is located next to Lockhart Stadium. It is where the Baltimore Orioles have had their spring training since 1996. The stadium also hosts Semi-Pro Federal League games throughout the year. . At the very least, neither one will be able to prove his worth for the next few days after both were taken to Coral Springs Coral Springs, city (1990 pop. 79,443), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1963. Largely residential, it is a city that has grown rapidly along with the southern Florida and Fort Lauderdale area. The population of Coral Springs nearly doubled between 1980 and 1990. Medical Center for precautionary X-rays. Hubbard, the center fielder, escaped with a bruised right thumb and a contusion CONTUSION, med. jurisp. An injury or lesion, arising from the shock of a body with a large surface, which presents no loss of substance, and no apparent wound. If the skin be divided, the injury takes the name of a contused wound. Vide 1 Ch. Pr, 38; 4 Carr. & P. 381, 487, 558, 565; 6 Carr. on the right side of his forehead. Bocachica, playing left field, walked gingerly to a waiting ambulance with an ice pack on his right side. He has bruised ribs. ``I feel like my ribs are broke,'' Bocachica said. ``I called and he said he called it. He said maybe we called it at the same time. I don't really know what happened, then I was just lying on the ground.'' Both players' X-rays were negative and they returned to Dodgertown with team photographer Jon SooHoo. ``He didn't hear me at all,'' Hubbard said. ``I called and the ball was coming back toward me because it was a right-hander hitting.'' The first Dodger on the scene was shortstop Mark Grudzielanek Mark James Grudzielanek (born June 30, 1970 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is a second baseman in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Kansas City Royals. Previously, Grudzielanek played with the Montreal Expos (1995-1998), Los Angeles Dodgers (1998-2002), Chicago Cubs , who said he didn't hear either player call for the ball but added that the gusting wind made it difficult to hear. ``They ran right into each other. It was Trenidad's head into Bocachica's ribs, and Bocachica's knee hit Trenidad's thumb,'' Grudzielanek said. ``I thought both of them were kind of dizzy at first.'' Hairston wound up with an inside-the-park homer. Young has MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. : Second baseman Eric Young, bothered by a stiff lower back, underwent an MRI on Monday afternoon. Results are expected today. Young is the only projected starter not to appear in the Dodgers' four spring- training games. His back has been bothering him since last week, but he has improved enough to take grounders and hit in the batting cage the last two days. ``This is just a continuation,'' Dodgers physical therapist Pat Screnar said. ``Dr. (Frank) Jobe just wanted to have the test and check it out.'' DODGERS UPDATE Today's games: It's a split-squad day for the Dodgers. They travel to Viera to meet the Florida Marlins and play at Port St. Lucie against the New York Mets
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