DAVE DUNCAN RUMORS & GOSSIP
Reflecting on the Duncan family's strength
ST. LOUIS -- Shelley Duncan was smiling when I walked up to his locker at the Tampa Bay Rays' spring-training base a few months ago. Of course, Shelley Duncan usually is smiling.We talked about his mom, Jeanine, his brother, Chris, and how unfair life could be that both of them would be diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor just 14 months apart.Well, I talked about the unfair...
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Duncan family matriarch passes away
ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals announced today that Jeanine Duncan, the wife of former pitching coach Dave Duncan, has passed away after a long battle with brain cancer.
Jeanine Duncan also is the mother of Chris Duncan, a former Cardinals outfielder, and Shelley Duncan, an outfielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.
"The entire Cardinals organization was saddened upon hearing...
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Report: Former Cardinals Outfielder Chris Duncan Trying to Stay Tough While Battling Cancer
Chris Duncan battled for five years in major league baseball. But his toughest fight is ongoing.
The St. Louis Dispatch is reporting that the former Cardinals outfielder — who was traded to the Red Sox in 2009 and later released — is suffering from glioblastoma, a malignant tumor in his brain.
Duncan first noticed a problem when he started experiencing sporadic seizures, including...
Cardinals announce coaching staff changes
ST. LOUIS, Mo. Following yesterdays announcement that Pitching Coach Dave Duncan is taking a leave of absence, the St. Louis Cardinals announced today that Derek Lilliquist will serve as Pitching Coach and Dyer Miller has been named Bullpen Coach.
Lilliquist, 45, was the Cardinals Bullpen Coach last season, and he took on the teams Pitching Coach duties last August when Duncan asked...
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January 06, 2012
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Players react to Duncan's departure
If Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan has coached his final game, his players will have the satisfaction of knowing he went out on top.
The club announced Thursday evening that the longtime pitching coach was taking a leave of absence to be with wife Jeanine as she continues to recover from surgery to remove a brain tumor.
Duncan missed more than a month down the stretch to be...
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January 06, 2012
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Cardinals' Duncan taking leave of absence
St. Louis Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan is taking a leave of absence to attend to wife Jeanine as she recovers from surgery to remove a brain tumor.
The team said Thursday night that no timetable has been determined for Duncan's return. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the 66-year-old Duncan intends to step down.
The team said general manager John Mozeliak and...
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January 06, 2012
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Projected top five St. Louis Cardinals stories of 2012
Note to readers: I wrote this post prior to year-end, obviously long before Thursday evening’s news that Dave Duncan is taking an indefinite leave of absence as Cardinals pitching coach. Rather than update this article, I decided to leave it in its original form. After all, the Duncan news is clearly a 2012 story.
This announcement has the potential of impacting several top stories...
Dave Duncan To Step Down As Cardinals Pitching Coach
The St. Louis Cardinals have done a lot of replacing this off season. They replaced their long time and future Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa with rookie manager Mike Matheny. They also replaced their former face of the franchise Albert Pujols with a switch hitting outfielder named Carlos Beltran. Now it looks as though they will need to replace their outstanding pitching...
Sources: Cards' Duncan taking leave
Dave Duncan, one of the game's most respected pitching coaches, is taking a leave of absence from the St. Louis Cardinals, general manager John Mozeliak said Thursday night.
Duncan, 66, is leaving the team so he can be with his wife, Jeanine, who underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor on Aug. 21, sources said.
"As far as how long he'll be gone, no one knows,"...
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January 05, 2012
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Shelly Duncan - Starter?
A story over at MLB.com caught this writer's eye today. That happens every once in a while when certain headlines are read quickly and the headline reads, "Duncan prepared to be more than a role player." So the Fan went ahead and clicked the link with a scoff waiting to form at the back of the throat. Seriously!? Shelly Duncan? Duncan, of course, is the son of Dave...
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