That's where Danley spent the day -- receiving periodic texts and phone calls from his crewmates "just to make sure he was talking back to us,'' said DeMuth -- and he won't be able to leave Toronto until after his headache subsides.

Once that clears, he'll fly to Arizona and be re-examined at Major League Baseball's main medical centre.

"(Yesterday) it was still hurting him pretty good,'' said DeMuth. "He'll stick around today and we'll find out day by day.''

Danley, 47, has had head injuries in the past.

Last April 26, he was briefly knocked unconscious when a Brad Penny fastball hit him right in the face mask. Todd Tichenor, a Pacific Coast League umpire, joined the crew in his place yesterday and worked third base.

Danley started behind the plate Tuesday, when a cutter from Blue Jays ace Roy Halladay sawed off the bat of Rangers DH Hank Blalock in the sixth inning and led to the frightening incident.

As Blalock followed through on his swing, the barrel separated from the handle and flew full speed into Danley's helmet.

Replays appeared to show that the barrel struck the right side of Danley's hockey-style face mask, but DeMuth said his colleague "felt a whack which was (right between his eyes) and the next thing he knew he was on the ground.

"But he didn't feel he lost consciousness. It was just boom, boom.''

Danley was taken off the field on a stretcher and right to hospital for an examination.

He was able to speak after the incident and had feeling in all his extremities.

Blalock, who felt terrible Tuesday, said he tried unsuccessfully to contact Danley yesterday.

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