RedHawks Manager To Have Laser Eye Surgery

OKLAHOMA CITY - New Oklahoma manager Mike Boulanger is expected to miss at least eight games of the RedHawks' road trip next week as he undergoes surgery on his right eye.

Boulanger, who took over as the manager of the Texas Rangers' Triple-A affiliate on May 11, said he lost vision in his right eye around the fifth inning of a 3-1 win against Fresno a few weeks ago. Tests determined Boulanger tore the retina in his right eye. He managed from the dugout instead of the third-base coach's box in subsequent games on a Sunday and Monday.

"My eye had filled up with blood. You can't see it from the outside, because it's in the inside," Boulanger said. "When I close my left eye, I can see a shape, but I couldn't tell you who was standing there. That's why I haven't been coaching third, because I can't see well enough to get out of the way of a ball."

Boulanger had Lasik surgery in Tulsa and will miss at least the first eight games of a 12-game road trip that begin a few weeks back Thursday. He plans to return when the RedHawks begin a four-game series May 26 in New Orleans.

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