How was Pollock allowed to continue playing with a broken plate/unhealed bone in his elbow? When I saw the play that reinjured him, it was clear that it was already severely damaged.
scottaz
Pollock has been playing hurt since 2010. That original surgery on his elbow was a failure. He’s had pain every Spring since then. So, he was continuing to play through that pain as it gradually worsened over the past six years. Then the plate let go when he pushed himself up after sliding into home plate during the 2nd to last exhibition game against the Royals. Neither he nor the D’backs thought the plate would totally fail like it did after six years of monitoring it, but it did. So now he needs the second virtually identical surgery. That is a very different scenario from the one you painted.
kbarr888
scottaz……That’s not what the article says. Do you have “inside information” that conflicts with the article?
The article clearly states that the D-Backs knew that the plate had broken prior to the injury (“early this spring”). It’s my thought that they were hoping that the bone had sufficiently healed and that he would be able to play through it, at least for a while.
I do credit the team for one thing……..they had many chances to trade Pollock over the winter and in the early spring, but didn’t do so, even after learning of the broken plate.
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bbgods
How was Pollock allowed to continue playing with a broken plate/unhealed bone in his elbow? When I saw the play that reinjured him, it was clear that it was already severely damaged.
scottaz
Pollock has been playing hurt since 2010. That original surgery on his elbow was a failure. He’s had pain every Spring since then. So, he was continuing to play through that pain as it gradually worsened over the past six years. Then the plate let go when he pushed himself up after sliding into home plate during the 2nd to last exhibition game against the Royals. Neither he nor the D’backs thought the plate would totally fail like it did after six years of monitoring it, but it did. So now he needs the second virtually identical surgery. That is a very different scenario from the one you painted.
kbarr888
scottaz……That’s not what the article says. Do you have “inside information” that conflicts with the article?
The article clearly states that the D-Backs knew that the plate had broken prior to the injury (“early this spring”). It’s my thought that they were hoping that the bone had sufficiently healed and that he would be able to play through it, at least for a while.
I do credit the team for one thing……..they had many chances to trade Pollock over the winter and in the early spring, but didn’t do so, even after learning of the broken plate.