The Phillies kicked off Spring Training with some brutal news for fans. Star catcher J.T. Realmuto recently sustained a small fracture in his right thumb, manager Joe Girardi announced to reporters (Twitter link via MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki). The injury occurred six days ago when catching a bullpen session, tweets Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia.
Realmuto’s thumb will be immobilized for the next two weeks, and while the Phils are hopeful he’ll be ready for Opening Day, there’s no guarantee that’ll be the case. It’s certainly not the way the team or Realmuto hoped to kick off his newly inked five-year, $115.5MM contract.
Realmuto will be reevaluated after that immobilization period, at which point the club will have a better timeline for his return to games. If Realmuto is forced onto the injured list to begin the season, the Phillies would likely turn to Andrew Knapp as the primary catcher in his absence. Rafael Marchan could get a look as the backup role in that scenario, given that he’s already on the 40-man roster. If not Marchan, one of Jeff Mathis or Christian Bethancourt could get the nod. Both would need to be added to the 40-man roster, however, as they’re in Spring Training as non-roster invitees at the moment.
That is absolutely brutal
Thank God the Mets didn’t sign him. Bauer is next on the IL
Lindor and Carrasco are both out with injuries suffered while they were having a thumb-war with each other.
1-2-3-4 I declare a thumb war….Er, no more thumb wars!
Bauer is their 6th starter anyways so not a big loss.
You should be off the internet
lol, you fool. Instead of JT Realmuto, now you have to face Jeff Mathis.
Need a tissue?
Better now that opening day or during a pennant drive.
The Phillies can find a good backup now.
The only thing that would make this more typical of news for the Phillies would be if it ends his career.
Don’t you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby! Don’t you put that on us!
If you don’t chew Big Red…
Of course there’s a cougar in the car, I put it in there
“I spread my butt cheeks as Mike Honcho.”
Nobody should be giving this news a thumbs up.
To bad he didn’t sign with the Mets.
Too bad you didn’t learn proper grammar in school
He was too busy Yanking 4 Life.
Period.
@baseballpun- is that how he hurt his thumb? You should be so lucky. It sounds like fun for you with your puns.
@Ronk325- Too bad your so salty. You sound like a bitter Phillie’s fan. Maybe you could rub JT’s thumb, make it feel better and then stick it some place.
wow what a comeback by Yank4Life. u sure got him back
yeah, not funny and he used the wrong you’re
Leave him alone. He’s only 3 and a half years old
No I’m not a Phillies fan, I was just making a simple joke. No need to get so worked up
@1984, OMG I am totally cracking up, thank you
Mets dodged a bullet
This could of never happened with the Mets so that;s an idiotic statement. Stay salty you didn’t sign one marquee free agent and you managed to sign a perv GM
To be fair you could argue all men are pervs…. But that doesn’t make them send nudes to people…. I’m almost willing to bet that was the alcohol texting
You could argue all men are pervs? How?
It’s “Could’ve” (could have), “could of” is gibberish
I know it sounds nearly identical, but when writing it makes a difference
-Apologies to everyone for my need to educate
Thank you. The “could of” error makes my skin crawl. Even more than saying “I could care less” instead of the proper “I couldn’t care less.”
Preach!
More like JT dodged a bullet by not signing with the Mets, just like every other big free agent this winter.
Both “JTs” for that matter.
Missing maybe the first couple of week of the season is going to be a game changer for Realmuto future. and the Phillies.
I broke my Thumb and it took a year for it to be normal. He is a catcher, right.
Mike Trout tore the UCL in his thumb and was out for 2 months after surgery. But Trout’s a cyborg so it’s an unfair comparison.
Lol a temporary injury, may miss a few weeks? Sure. It would have been awful had yr team signed him (something all Mets fans wanted).
Yeah, bro.
This is nothing. Back in the day, he’d’ve put a tampon in his glove to protect his thumb & never even mentioned it.
Ya know?
He’ll be fine, & more than likely, he’ll be ready & unaffected for opening day.
Bet.
Problem is, according to the report, it was his right thumb that was fractured – his throwing hand, not his glove hand. So a tampon wouldn’t have helped much.
Wooops. lol.
Yeah. Duh.
Not only would it not help at all, it would also look pretty stupid.
Much akin to my erstwhile take.
Wishing JT all the best in his recovery.
He has almost 6weeks to recover before the season starts. He shouldn’t nis much time if at all.
It happens.
lol
Bad news indeed. Hopefully he is not out for too long.
Better now than in August
wouldnt rush him. Knapp was solid last year and Marchan or Bethancourt can step in if needed.
Knapp SUCKS!If he is any good why overpay for jt?
Knapp is one of the better backups in the league. He’s a backup though.
Relax. We’re probably talking a week or two, if JT even misses time.
Mathis!
JEFF MATHIS
JEFFREY STEPHEN MATHIS
^He possesses the power.
“There Are No Accidents.”
-Master Oogway
I think Freud said that
MATHISS
JEFF MATHIS.
Bench warmer lol.
Transitions to 1st base in 3…2….1…
it’s unbelievable how all four professional sports teams in Philadelphia are so snake bitten with injuries
Maybe he fractured it while trying to hitch a ride out of Philly?
This comment would have went over better if he didn’t just re-sign there. Please try to work proper timelines and context into your future puns. Thank you.
He won’t be out long.
Yeah I don’t get how this news is “brutal”.
Dang that’s rough. Missing half of spring training is never good, but let’s hope he’s okay.
I’m not sure I would call it brutal since he might miss few or even no regular season games…get well soon.
I remeber the Phillies fan saying “so it all begins” when lugo got hurt lol.
The irony
No need to laugh at an injury.
The Phillies will still be better than the Mets this year, Mets fans are so cocky despite not winning anything practically ever.
Man with hand in pants all day feel cocky.
Thank you for that…lol
@pinstripes17 – I’m not a fan of the Mets or Phillies.
The Mets have been around since 1962 and have won two World Series and five pennants.
The Phillies have been around since 1890 and have won two World Series and seven pennants.
If you want to discuss baseball franchises that have “not one anything practically ever,” that conversation starts with the Phillies.
If you examined recent history (last 30 years) I’d argue that the Phillies have done pretty well. And that’s even with the last middle of the pack decade tacked on there.
and how many of those years have you been a fan?
I don’t really care about any team I wasn’t there to cheer for.
If you’re referring to me I’ve been a Phillies fan since the late 80’s early 90’s.
@bucketbrew35 – The original reference was to “ever,” so I decided to look at each franchise’s entire history.
In the last 30 years, the Mets have made the playoffs five times, won two pennants and zero WS.
In the last 30 years, the Phillies have made the playoffs six times, won three pennants and one WS.
So using that arbitrary endpoint, the Phillies have done better.
@BigDaddyB – Your fandom of course is your personal choice, but many sports fans are interested in their entire franchises’ histories. To each their own.
That conversation begins with the Mariners.
That isn’t “irony.” Don’t believe everything you hear from Alanis Morissette..
It’s like rain on Realmuto’s wedding day.
Rain on a wedding day is a good luck sign…
So long as the rain isn’t accompanied by spilling wine on the bride’s wedding dress.
Perhaps the “rain” omen also means Realmuto will be on his way to the NL MVP award in 2021 once he returns to the lineup. 🙂
Personally, I’d prefer to see him win NLCS or WS MVP.
The only thing ironic about that song is that it’s called ironic, and none of her examples are actually ironic.
Maybe she was trolling all of us.
@HappyLittleTrees That’s why it’s genius. I truly believe Morissette intentionally didn’t include anything ironic in the song lyrics to make the song itself ironic.
Typical free agent stuff.
It is going to be interesting to look back at the comments on that Realmuto signing and see how it played out versus what people expected.
Did the Mets sign him? How can this happen to other teams ?!?! Thumbs down , no pun
I kept telling people this Realmuto was a bum in training.
Your the bum if anything. I don’t see you working your butt off getting PAID
Happened about a week back. He’ll be back in April, perhaps even by Opening Day.
Never good to see a guy get hurt. The silver lining for him and the Phillies is he’ll probably be ready by opening day. May take him April to get up to speed, but it could’ve been worse.
The white sox are going to the WS no matter what with their young core. I thought this was understood beings that it was or is so much better than what the other Chicago team accomplished in 5 years………
wtf does that have to do with JT. Also don’t declare your team will be in the WS because you will have heartbreak. And the Cubs won a WS soooo yeah dont talk just yet
White Sox are scary good though! Dynasty?
Are you lost?
@ baby—not sure how the sox going to the World Series relates to Realmuto at all (I guess maybe Realmuto has fractured his thumb the same number of time the Sox won a World Series in the past 100+ years–once). Amazing how your team’s Napolean complex trolls even when there is not a single connection to article.
Lately I’ve been buying the generic waxed beans. You switch the labels…I can hardly tell the difference.
Ladies and gentleman may I present to you: A typical White Sox fan comment
Except the ChiSox defense will let their pitching down.
HOW did he hurt his thumb???
I heard he was fooling around.. Word is he was using an 1880’s style catchers mitt while Jose Alvarado pitched to him. Expect disciplinary action and a large fine against Realmuto, at very least, and possibly voiding of his contract.
It was a sex thing.
Never ever use the thumb as a butt plug
Sitting and spinning?
Maybe he sat down too fast.
You guys sound like idiots…saying “thank God Mets, or whoever didn’t sign JT”. Why? Because he fractured his thumb? Get real..this isn’t “serious” and he’ll hopefully be ready for opening day. Even if he misses a few games. Still not the end of the world. Fractured Knee, fractured foot, I’d be concerned
LOL don’t worry Mets fan are salty knowing Mccann stat line will be: .228 BA 18 Hrs 65 RBIs
18 HR and 65 RBU from a a catcher. Sign me up!
10 mil for a catcher is a “Hell No”
Mets are still 10x better than the Nats
@Metsfan22 why bring that up out of nowhere. Ahhh because you know you over payed McCann. You can’t just make statements like that. Do you know how many times the Mets have been said to be great? Lots and have only showed up to lose in 5 and blowing the WC to Connor Gilaspie. Meanwhile Nats have choke but we got that chip.
What an awful start to camp for J.T. Realmuto and the Phillies. Of course if it had to happen, now is better than later.
This is precisely why having veteran depth is so important for an MLB team with postseason aspirations.
It’s why the White Sox recently brought in veteran Jonathan Lucroy to compete for the backup catching job along with Zack Collins and others. It’s also why they should consider signing free agent Yasiel Puig with the likelihood that at least one of Adam Eaton, Eloy Jimenez and Luis Robert will spend considerable time on the IL this season since each have already done so throughout most of their veteran or young professional careers. Sorry, but Adam Engel and Leury Garcia are insufficient depth if any one of those three starters go down with an injury for a prolonged period of time. In fact, highly versatile Garcia has rarely gone through a season without also being on the IL for an extended time.
Second person to talk about white sox. Did JT have an affair with someone on White Sox
Yes he did, with all of them.
What else would you have baseball fans do aside from wishing J.T. Realmuto and the Phillies the best. Send them get-well cards?
There’s already been a whole lot discussion here between Phillies and Mets fans due to their teams being ‘engaged’ with Realmuto as a free agent earlier this offseason so perhaps an “affair” with the White Sox had occurred at some point in their past, maybe involving a trade and before the ChiSox signed Yasmani Grandal last winter. lol
In fairness, the Phils and the Mets are division rivals, so a certain amount of jawing is expected. The Sox thing … that’s just weird.
I worry about Eloy getting injured. To me he is the one guy Sox can’t live without. Not taking nothing away from Timmy or any of the other men. I worry about our starting pitching too in the case that one goes down. I like our pitching depth but staff will be taxed by inning limitations.
Petey boy, quiet yourself. You are a way ward commenter.
AaronSapoznik started it. Only I was responding to his post.
I fess up!
I’ve had a Sam-I-Am complex since first reading Green Eggs and Ham 60+ years ago. Clearly that hasn’t aged well!
Giolito, Lance Lynn, Dallas Keuchel, Dylan Cease, Reynaldo Lopez, Michael Kopech and Carlos Rondon is a good start on rotation depth. Still got Jon Steiver in the minors as well.
Hey Barry….a good start on rotation depth is much different than good rotation depth. The last five names you mention are either unproven or flat out garbage.
The guy ain’t even missing a full month, people act like the sky is falling. He’ll be fine.
Little Jack Horner style…stuck that thumb in the wrong pie…
Hopefully it was some tasty ‘American Pie’, not that I have an aversion to the plums in a Christmas pastry mind you, but cherries rock my world!
Beatles got away with it and slipped one past the censors in their 1967 #1 hit Penny Lane, with the use of the term “finger pie”.
And so it begins. Between the Mets entire org pulling a Bill Cosby and the Phillies continuously having injuries, I have the Marlins finishing second in this division.
Realmuto is really kind to fake this injury so that Jeff Mathis can get some time as the starting catcher. #Respect
That’s the kind of luck that comes from playing a sport in this city.
That escalated quickly.
Good thing they signed Jeff Mathis. You know he can pitch too?
Phillies starting to look like what we’ve viewed the Mets
Both Mets and Phillies are .500 teams. Marlins will do better than both.
youtu.be/kdOPBP9vuZA
Mathis won’t hurt his thumb being how its usually safely ensconced up his butt!!
How the hell did he fracture his right thumb?
Duh, it’s clearly a fake injury so that Jeff Mathis can get some playing time. Mathis is so good, they need to find some way to get him playing time, even if that means a phantom-IL stint.
Best wishes to Realmuto…a truly fine player.
But in baseball a thumb injury can be a major problem with long term effects. It depends upon the seriousness of the injury.
Roberto Perez broke his thumb in 2016. It required surgery and he missed eleven weeks.
Hopefully, JTs won’t be that serious.
A thumb injury is never good news for a catcher and can also impact the way you hold your bat etc. I wouldn’t actually take an injury like this lightly.
All this on a day when the Eagles trade Wentz for crap.
This is why you don’t draft your fantasy team in early February. I am dumb.
Guilty as charged myself, I’ve got six teams and JT Realmuto is one of them, I did get Austin Nola in the last round, though.
Lol poor thing
Just terrible timing for them
Speaking of bad luck, who’s next? Tatis? Bauer? I didn’t mention Stanton because that’s pretty obvious
Bauer is just likely not putting up 2020 numbers. Dodgers really overpaid for 60 innings in a season that proved nothing. Sad they even had a Cy Young award last year.
Great news for Chisox!
WHY, can you explain why everyone is talking bout them
A LolPhillies moment? Maybe it was good Mets did not get him? Not sure of his injury record though.
Maybe we can hire David Wright to sit next to him during rehab starts.
@metsfan1992 He has a pretty healthy track record outside of a bruised hip in 2020. To be fair he broke his thumb. It’s not like it was a lingering thing. Hope it’s minor. Sounds like it is.
Not that concerned about it, just hope it doesn’t linger. At least the Phillies pitchers will have more time to work with one of smartest catchers in the game in Jeff Mathis. Would like to see Mathis stick around at Lehigh to help groom some our young pitchers for their inevitable call ups, namely Spencer Howard.
Good God calm down
These heal quickly. No news here except slight delay in spring training.
That was fast! Maybe its time to move your new expensive ballplayer to another position.
It’s nutso to me that some of you guys cheer on injuries to opposing players. As a baseball fan first, I want the best product on the field to entertain me.
@YankeesBleacherCreature Absolutely. And you want to beat the best. I don’t care if my team beats a bunch of replacement players.
Phillies overpaid for him. It was obvious he wasn’t going to be worth that much. With or without him, Phillies are a .500 team.
I know how you feel. The Angels star acquisition, Alex Claudio, is out for several weeks with a hip infection…yes, a hip infection.
“Star acquisition” is the most depressing part of that sentence.
I’m glad you caught the sarcasm instead of trying to debate me.
I hope for the sake of baseball as well as the San Diego Padres that the Fernando Tatis contract doesn’t turn into a really bad deal after a year or two like the Bryce Harper contract. Philly has the cash that it doesn’t crush the franchise. San Diego will be crushed. Does Harper ride out the last 6 years of that deal as the DH?
Harper put up in 4.6 and 1.6 fWar in his first two years in Philly. How exactly has that contract not work out thus far?
You don’t have to be the best OF in baseball to be good. Harper is hitting great.
Brett Gardner put up 4.1 and 0.7 in the last two years and played center field regularly which is a much tougher position for about half if not less than half of what harper made. Yet cant find a home 🙁
Gardner is pretty underrated, but he’s also almost a decade older than Harper.
He is underrated and I’m still don’t agree with their decision to sign Jay Bruce over Gardy. That’s not worth the ROI in my opinion.
Thanks guys for proving my point. Bryce Harper …… The total dollar value of contract, corner outfielder soon to be DH because is a liability in the field. You don’t win titles with that guys! Ask Washington. You overpaid!! Then you guys doubled-down and overpaid all of your free agents to come back. Team has holes EVERYWHERE! Bryce Harper contract = mistake! It is a far more likely outcome that Philly finishes last in the NL East than it is that they will make the playoffs. Washington won the World Series as soon as they got that guy out of there.
Jay Bruce? Brett Gardner??? Really?? Does it matter? They are both toast!
It’s a hairline fracture.. will be re-evaluated in 2 weeks… looks like a month total missed.
He should be ready by opening day.
Relax.
Mets fans… You’re so happy they didn’t sign him?? Over this? But like all the other big free agents they wanted, they all signed elsewhere… Because playing for the Mets is 2nd best in their own city.. How big a fail will it be if Lindor doesn’t take a long term contract? (and now the Mets will have to over-pay now that Tatis Jr. signed..)
White Sox fans on this post.. Just one question.. Why?? J.T. has no connection there.
He willbe fine and prove all of the trolls on this site wrong.
Everyone waited all winter to see where this guy signed, now he’s out. Freaking hilarious!!!
And there it is.
JT’s got to be regretting not taking the contract from the Marlins when they offered. More money than the Phillies signed him. The rebuilding Marlins made the playoffs before he did. And for 2020 and now the start of this year, he’s been dealing with dome injuries.
Sometimes you just have to take the money when it’s offered to you. Look at Stanton pulled it off. Stanton will never regret it…even after “Jeter gifted him to the Yankees”…lol, I had to throw that in there.
Jeter definitely had a crystal ball on that .. what not even 60 gms the last 2 years
Yep. I wish Jeter gives more teams gifts like this.
Stanton to the Yankees (money gone and we have a very intriguing prospect too)
Ozuna to the Cards (Alcantara and Gallen with Gallen sent to D-Backs for Chisholm)
Realmuto to the Phillies (Sixto, Alfaro, and another pitching prospect)
Jeter did mess up letting Mike Hill handle the Yelich trade though…unless Yelich falters and the remaining acquired pieces do something (Brinson, Harrison, I. Diaz)
in his defense Brinson was supposed to be a cant miss prospect if i remember right.
Yeah, but all of us in Miami know that most of everything that Mike Hill did went wrong. He’s like the opposite of King Midas. He had the Mike Hill touch which is %$#^$!
“dome” injuries? Do you mean dome as in head? Or was it a typo? I’m not being mean, I’m just confused. he has a small fracture in his thumb. could have happened anywhere with any team.
Also he’s making a ton in Philly. I think he’s pretty happy. I don’t understand the context. He wouldn’t have hurt his thumb by getting hit by a pitch in Miami? Is that your main paint?
Yeah, typo that I didn’t see until it was too late to edit. It was meant to be ‘some’ injuries.
My main point is that he turned down what was a lot more money to extend with Miami and asked for a trade because he didn’t want to be part of a rebuild.
The fact that he turned down a contract extension that was for more money and given him years beyond this contract with the Phillies, is always something to look at as a lost opportunity for maximizing your value. The fact that he rejected the offer and then asked to be trade because he wanted to be with a contender instead of a rebuild, has to sting a little when you add that the Marlins went to the playoffs before him.
That’s what my point is. He could’ve signed the contract and still been traded, while keeping his money and years. He chose not to sign it, and the reason he chose not to and why he asked for the trade, didn’t work out for him at all. He ended up getting less money, and less security for years before expiration of contract. And what for? He still hasn’t made the playoffs, and the team he didn’t want to rebuild with did make the playoffs before him.
Sorry, but people, Realmuto and his agent can spin this any way they want, but it’s hard to believe that this whole thing doesn’t have a little sting to it for him. Yes, he got good money, but he didn’t maximize it…and his reasoning for not signing the Marlins offer and then asking for the trade ended up failing.
That’s my point.
Oh fair although I think it was more than the rebuild. He wanted a bigger marker, bigger opportunities and a place to raise his family. It wasn’t just about money. Miami is a beautiful place, but it’s not fot everyone. JT wanted out.
Actually, JT and Yelich made it clear it was about not being part of a rebuild. The Marlins intended to rebuild with both of them as the centerpieces. They both made it clear that they wanted no part of it and wanted out.
And JT is actually more of a small town guy. I personally feel that, if the Rangers, Astros or Braves would have made offers, he would’ve headed one of those ways. – especially one of the two Texas clubs
We live in the Matrix
Settle down, children! J.T. will be back well before conclusion of Spring Training, and start of regular season.
Gardy would be welcomed back if he would put his huge ego away and sign for about 2 Million.
Gardy with salary ego? You realize with his production (even the last few years at his age) he has been worth close to double what he is being paid? 4 WAR was close to bryce harper at (4.5) in 2019 and he got paid 7 million vs bryce harper getting what 30? last yeah he was at 0.7. vs 1.5 for bryce and gardner got paid 10M. 17M vs 60M with only a difference of 1 win? Is WAR end all be all of stats no but puts salary in perspective as usually there is a salary for 1 WAR to get a rough estimate.
With the injury history of the yanks outfielders, he would probably get bulk of time again and with home discount should be getting atleast 6-8 but probably could get 10-15 on other teams if he would even consider them. I would definitely take him on the mets for 10M 1yr deal over what we have now. I would prefer him over JBJ for sure as Brett is consistent production year in and year out even last year. JBJ is a streaky hitter and he happened to hit a streak in a short season.
J.T. said he’s still able to swing a bat. So, if there is such a great need for him to get some swings vs. competition during Spring Training, he could pitch hit, or DH. You morons act like this is the end of the world, that the whole season for the Phil’s is now doomed. They will be competitive, and much better than last year. Bullpen is vastly improved, lineup is deep top to bottom.. Would like to add another starter for pitching depth, but if not, I think they’ll be O.K. Realmuto is far, and away the best catcher in baseball, and would gladly debate you on that anytime!!
Mets fan here, its never good when any players get hurt, let alone star players. Hope this doesnt turn into one of those lingering injuries. Good luck to JT. I feel for Phils fans, and I also prefer when rivalries are competitive. 2006 and 2015 we rolled over them, and 2009-2011 they rolled over us. Even though 07 and 08 went their way, it was competitive and exciting baseball.
Not cool, but at least it’s still early and he shouldn’t miss much of the season, if any time at all.
Sorry Phillies phan, but you’ll have to come up with another reason why this season sucked.
Well at least he has an excuse for the next two years. After that it will be just ..age..
JT Realmuto is going to be doing a lot of squeezing in the next few weeks..
Why don’t you chastise the ballplayers who injured themselves celebrating a Home Run?
Angels Fans: Remember Kendry Morales, who fractured his leg, while rounding 3rd base, celebrating a walk-off Grand Slam. He jumps up before getting to Home Plate, where a mob of teammates are waiting for him, lands wrong, fractures his leg, and winds up getting carted off. the field.
Dodgers Fans: Recall Cody Bellinger,after crossing Home Plate, celebrating a Home Run, injures his shoulder, doing a fist pump, with his teammate waiting on deck?
I think the severity of those actions, far out way what happened to J.T.
And, there’s many more…
Your all jealous of J.T., because whatever team you root for, doesn’t have a catcher on their roster, that could carry J.T.’s jock strap.
Including my own team, because the catcher of my team is Gary Sanchez. I don’t care that he hits bombs, he’s not that valuable because 1.He is arguably the worst fielder at his position and certainly the worst defensive catcher that I have ever seen. 2.He is lazy and surpassed PED cheat Robinson Cano as the laziest player that I have ever seen, something that I thought would never happen. 3.He is a choke artist. 4.He is not very good at getting on base (his best in which he started the season as the Yankees starting catcher is .345, which isn’t bad but should not be your best On Base Percentage in a season as a primary starter.) Plus he also a career on base percentage of .322. 4.He is a low average hitter (career batting average of .238). Sure, I don’t care about that statistic, but a catcher that’s supposed to be top 10 should do better than that. and 5.He would be completely worthless if he couldn’t hit for power.
Marlin’s fans: I ‘d bet that Jorge Alfaro has more Passed Balls, than Homers, in 2021.
My dad told me this today, I almost didn’t believe him. Then I realized it was classic phillies luck and I started to laugh. It just makes sense.
O.K. Einstein’s. Before, you start ragging on the Phil’s, Let’s take a look at World Series Championships for N.L. East Teams, the last 40 years:
Atlanta Braves- 1. 1995
Florida Marlins- 2. 1997, 2003
New York Mets- 1. 1986
Philadelphia Phillies- 2. 1980, 2008
Washington Nationals -1. 2019
So, Let’s see…. Phil’s tied with Marlin’s at 2. Braves, Mets, Nats all with 1. So, I’d say Braves, Mets, Nats fans your team SUCKS.
I tore the extensor tendon to my right thumb, at age 30, had surgery, and was back with full movement in less than 4 weeks. I think J.T. will be fine.
Let’s continue this conversation about “Freaky” Sports Injuries. I’m sure we can find some dirt on players on your favorite team…
Will start with the Mets:
Yoenis Cespedes- While rehabilitating at his ranch in Port St. Lucie, Fla., purportedly, Yoenis fractures his right ankle, falling into a hole, after encountering a Wild Bour? C,Mon, I went to college, and lived in Florida. Never have known it to be a habitat for Wild Bour? Perhaps, he was tripping on LSD, and in his dillusional state of mind, saw a Wild Bour, which actually turned out to be Micky Calloway.
Continuing, this ” incident ” with Yoenis, caused the Mets, to restructure his contract from a guaranteed 29 mil., for 2020, to 6 mil, with performance incentives. I would give him the 6 mil., just for his ” creativity”, with this fairy tale….
Vince Coleman (Former Cardinal, N.Y. Met): As a rookie with the Cardinals in 1985, Vince injures himself when run over in pregame warmups, by an Automatic Tarp Machine. This faux paux, occurs prior to Game 4 of the NLCS, causing Vince to miss the rest of the Series, which the Cards, wound up losing in 7 games. I guess the ” speedy “, Vince wasn’t too swift, here.
Kevin Mitchell: 2 memorable injuries here: Once, strained a muscle while vomiting( probably, reviewing his stat page, or where the Mets were in the standings). Two, breaks a tooth, biting into a Chocolate Donut, he kept in the freezer too long. By the looks of his torso, I’d recommend laying off the doughnuts…
Francisco Rodriguez: (AKA K. ROD.) . Tore a ligament in his pitching hand, which required surgery. Purportedly, this occured when he punched his girlfriend’s father, at Citi Field. Must have been a Yankees fan… The ” real ” team of NY.
Let’s now point some fingers at the Brave’s…
How about Hall of Famer,and MLB analyst John Smoltz.. What bonehead thing did he do to make this list?
John Smoltz : Once,burned his chest while ironing a shirt, he was wearing at the time. Even a MORON,like Al Bundy, would take the shirt off first.
Not nearly done yet… How about another Hall of Famer…
Tom Glavine: Once, broke a rib, while vomiting, on an airplane. Must have occurred, right after another Braves exit from the playoffs..
Here’s your sign
Let’s try the Nationals…
Stephen Strasburg: After a rough outing of just 4 innings, your hero leaves the game. His manager ( Davey Johnson), later reveals after the game, the pitcher got ” Hot Stuff ” in the wrong place, and he didn’t know how it got there… Translation: Strasburg accidently applied Icy Hot to his genitals. You’d have to have “balls” first, for that to happen…
And for all you Marlin Fans….
Hanley Ramirez: Lacerated his right ring finger, punching a cooling fan, after grounding out, in a game against the Cards. Ramirez received 2 stitches on his knuckle. To make matters worse, the cut became infected, causing Hanley to miss some games. According, to the Miami Herald, Marlin’s Manager Ozzie Guillen, said that Hanley forgot to take his prescribed antibiotics. ” How do you forget to take a pill, the doctor tells you to take? Guillen, asked. ” Hopefully, the doctor finds exactly the right pills to take, and I’ll tell him open your mouth, like a baby,and put them in his mouth and make sure he takes his pills every night. Ramirez was traded to the Dodgers a few days later.
And, don’t forget the ” New Dodger Messiah ” TREVOR BAUER …
Who Lacerated his hand, while playing with his drone. This requiring stitches, which burst while he was pitching in.the World Series, against the Cubs. Blood dripping BAUER, was forced to leave the game. The Indians, went on to lose the Series to the Cubs, giving the Cubs their 1st World Championship in 108 years.
The moral behind all these posts is that ” People who live in glass houses, should not be throwing stone’s. We are not perfect, and all of us, have done some ” stupid things”,that we’ve come to regret.