DeedeeK Speaks: "Blood was everywhere"

VANCOUVER, BC, September 17, 2006. DeedeeK spoke to the press for the first time since smashing a baseball with her face August 27. It took ten stitches to repair the cut she received courtesy of a hard-hit ball from the Chowder, and 108 stitches to repair the baseball. "I just got the last of them out today. I would have taken them out myself, but I didn't have the right tools," she said. She didn't elaborate on what the "right tools" are, but we'll just assume it was pliers and blowtorches.
The injury happened in a game August 27 against the Chowder. DeedeeK said, "It was a hard hit. Normally I'm gonna take it on the bounce, but we needed the out. I decided to go for it. But when I realized I couldn't get it I tried to stop. I could see it coming for my face, but I didn't have time to get my glove there."
DeedeeK at first thought her chiclets had been knocked out. "My teeth are my best feature," she said. All here teeth were intact, but "blood was everywhere," she said. "It's funny, because I have a recurring dream for the past fifteen years that I'm going to lose my teeth."
When asked about the after-effects, the first thing she confirmed is that she has a drinking problem, although it's not certain whether it was caused by the incident or not. "After a week I could drink without a straw," she said. One can only conclude after a statement like that that she must have a drinking problem.
DeedeeK will be providing an "after" photo shortly, but at press time we only had the above artist's sketch of her at the time of the injury.
P.F.