Foul Play Suspected In Player Injury
DOL GULDUR – The most brutal and seemingly incongruous injury in Dol Guldur’s history has team management suspicious. Young right fielder Elrugorn Elrilgast fractured a hip after colliding with a wall during a close match against Gondor. Appalled team manager, Julius “Jools” Droolius, has called for an investigation into what really went on in the June 11 game that cost Elrilgast the rest of the season. Eyewitness accounts from both players and spectators were collected. “Many reported that a mysterious puff of smoke was seen only moments before young Elrilgast was to make his killer catch,” said Jools. “When the smoke rose the wall seemed to have shifted position a few feet, and poor Elrilgast was found on the ground, crying out in agony.” Jools has confirmed that Dol Guldur’s famous mage-wizards are investigating the mysterious smoke, while a distraught team struggles to cope with the loss of Elrilgast.
“First of all, the injury of young Elrilgast is a tragedy for himself, but also a sore blow to both the team and the public,” said Jools. “Although not rated very high the amiable all-rounder played an important role in the team. He's always in for a good laugh and the spectators enjoyed his swift, daring rally's. Needless to say that Dol Guldur morale has been struggling since his demise.”
Though the investigation is now in full swing, Jools refuses to divulge information as to who is behind the mysterious ‘accident’. When asked if the Gondor organization is to blame for the incident, Jools only referred reporters to a previous statement in which he said, “Surely Dol Guldur will keep an eye on suspicious transfers and transactions between Mordor League leading teams and Gondor, since it is clear that Gondor's power is too puny to devise such treacherous works itself.”
Elrilgast had little to say on the subject. “My testimony has been given to the mages,” Elrilgast told reporters from his healing ward bed. “At the moment, I’m unable to say much else regarding the incident, until the investigation is over. My only hope is that I can heal from this, and come back strong by next season. It is heartbreaking, not being able to play baseball.”
Along with the investigation, rumors of a new training regimen for the Dragons have circulated the league, a regimen in which players will learn new defenses against wall collisions. According to Jools, the new regimen is “highly secret, though highly effective, because none of the players have collided with walls since the Elrilgast incident.”
News on the investigation is expected to be released in a press conference next week.