When is the after of the aftermath?
Four years after the incident, Jason LaRue felt well and decided to work out. He was 40.
“I went to a little crossfit deal and a workout,” the former Cardinals catcher told me by phone Thursday. “And five minutes in, it took me back.”
Back to concussion symptoms. Back to the backstop in Cincinnati.
“You start to get your heart rate up and you go back into concussion symptoms, the lightheadedness,” he said. “It’s hard to explain exactly what it is — it’s almost a drunk feeling but you’re not drunk.