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Another sign that baseball players aren't real athletes...
![]() 'Real bizarre' Kapler tears tendon rounding bases ... on home run Posted: Wednesday September 14, 2005 8:57PM; Updated: Thursday September 15, 2005 2:05AM TORONTO (AP) -- Boston's Gabe Kapler ruptured his left Achilles' tendon while rounding second base on Tony Graffanino's fifth-inning homer during Wednesday night's 5-3 win over Toronto. Graffanino's ball went over the left-field wall, and Kapler fell to the ground. He got up on one knee but couldn't continue. After a five-minute delay, Kapler was carted off the field. Alejandro Machado pinch ran starting at second base and finished circling the bases. "I felt like I got hit at the back of my ankle," said Kapler, who wasn't in pain after the game. "I just had seen the ball go over." Kapler realizes he could be sidelined a long time. "I'm sure there is going to come a time when reality is going to hit me and I'm going to know that it's going to be a while before I help my teammates," Kapler said. "That's going to be hard for me." Boston already was missing center fielder Johnny Damon, who was in Boston receiving treatment for a sore left shoulder. Damon hopes to play in Thursday's home game against Oakland. Kapler will be evaluated in Boston on Thursday. Outfielder Adam Hyzdu will replace him. "I'm really hoping Johnny Damon shows up and is really healthy," Boston manager Terry Francona said. Kapler was a backup outfielder with the Red Sox in 2004. He was the first player to leave the World Series champions when he signed a one-year contract with the Yomiuri Giants last November, taking more money and the chance to play every day. But he struggled in Japan and re-signed with Boston in July. Kapler hit .247 with one home run and nine RBIs in 36 game with Boston. "It's been real bizarre," Kapler said. "This is a bump in the road but nothing I can't manage. I can handle this. It's going to challenging. This season has been challenging for me. I just need to get where I need to be and help this team win, whenever that might be." Boston starter David Wells said losing Kapler hurts. "He's a great 10th man off the bench," Wells said. "He comes to play every day. He's like Charlie Hustle. The guy goes after it with no fear. To lose him is crushing. I've never in my 18 years seen a guy blow it out at second base on a home run." |
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I guess mathis showed that NFL players aren't real athletes either
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Most of them are athletes, but the steroids make them more susceptible to injury.
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I really don't think there was anything funny about watching a guy rupture his tendon on television...
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'Athlete' is from the Greek athletes, which means simply, "contestant". If you want to argue that he's a fragile sissy boy who wouldn't last fifteen minutes on a pro football field, that's cool, but if ESPiN is going to call Kobayashi (the competitive hot dog eater) an athlete, stripping baseball players as a whole of the title seems silly.
Anyway, stop trying to use a garden spade to perform brain surgery here. Coco Crisp = athletic Bob Wickman = not Case-by-case basis, people, please. |
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I'd love to see Tibor say any of his comments to someone's face...
I've never thought baseball was a sport filled with athletes (some are, some aren't even close), but I'm not sure where that leads to laughing at someone ripping a tendon. |
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Ok so I sprained my ankle while walking on a cart path on the golf course.
Stupid? Yes Not an athlete? No |
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What was that old joke about the object of baseball is to sit? Go up to bat, get a hit, run around the bases, sit down again.
I think the only baseball players that are not athletes live in New Jersey. |
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