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Published on Friday, May 09, 2008
By Bill Plunkett
St. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Troy Percival is on bonus time and he knows it.
"I definitely appreciate it a lot more. I don't ride the highs as high or the lows as low," the former Angel closer said Friday. "I didn't ever figure I'd play again."
After blowing out his elbow with the Detroit Tigers then blowing it out again after trying to return, Percival retired to a life of coaching -- both his son's team and as a guest instructor for the Angels last spring.
But then a funny thing happened -- his elbow got better. Completely better, in fact. Less than three months after signing a ceremonial contract so that he could retire as an Angel -- but 21 months after throwing what he thought was his last pitch in the majors -- Percival was back on the mound pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals.
"I don't even want to know," Percival said when asked how the torn muscle in his elbow had healed without surgery. "I don't want to ask that
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