Former Mets catcher Paul Ro Duca revealed he was in a “bad accident” traveling from the Oaklawn Hot Springs Racing track in Arkansas, adding that he had “multiple fractures.” “It brought about “the first few weeks,” and he couldn't eat it.” I wrote it in X's post on Wednesday.
writes Lo Duca, who last played in 2008 and currently works as a horse racing analyst for the New York Racing Association. “I was involved in a bad accident coming back to New York from Oak Lawn. …But I'm getting stronger!”
He added a bent bicep emoji at the end of his post.
Details and exact date of Lo Duca's accident remain unknown.
52-year-old Lo Duca spent two seasons with the Mets in 2006 and 2007.
He made an All-Star Game in his first year with the team, heading into a season where Amazin hit .318 with .783 OPS in 124 games as he won the NL East.
He opened up his career by playing six seasons with the Dodgers, spending part of three seasons with the Nationals with the Mullins to begin the 2008 season.
His last All-Star Game appearance in 2006 doubled as his fourth consecutive appearance on Midsummer Classic.
After his retirement, Lo Duca, who played in college in Arizona before the Dodgers chose him in the 25th round of the 1993 MLB Draft, first moved to media in 2009 on the horse racing platform TVG. Before they finally left for the New York Racing Association, according to ESPN.
“It's like understanding puzzles.” He told ESPN in 2015. “You're trying to figure out which guy is in front. You're trying to figure out which horse is behind him. This horse may be able to come from behind. When. [Albert] Pujols will be third in the innings. We're going to chase him with two outs, but if there's someone there's no one there, if there's someone in the bullpen [who can get him out]?
“Learning the race is similar.”
