Baseball players are pussies.

[Seattle or Bust]

Rumor is Brendan Donovan has started a "running program" after recovering from a groin strain. In 10 days... he'll up his running IN CLEATS!!!



Randy Arozarena tweaks his hamstring slightly... instant IL trip with "mild inflammation" in his hamstring.

Is there any other sport where athletes get pampered like this with time away for tiny little injuries? WTF happened to rub some fuckin dirt on it?

[Donn Beach]

I don't think you want players rubbing dirt on a hammie that's been tweeked and trying to play through it. You're risking making it worse, maybe tearing it, then they're really screwed. I'm gonna guess a groin is similar. It's the same with a pitcher with a sore arm. I think we've gotten past just sending them out and ignoring it. Cal seemed to have spent time ignoring his injury, what did that get us?

[Big_Maple]

Rumor is Brendan Donovan has started a "running program" after recovering from a groin strain. In 10 days... he'll up his running IN CLEATS!!!

Mixed opinions here. I completely get where you’re coming from; today's baseball players are treated less like gritty gridiron gladiators and more like priceless Ming vases wrapped in bubble wrap and biodegradable packing peanuts. It’s hard not to laugh when a superstar earning $30 million a year lands on the 10-day injured list with "lower-body fatigue" or a "tight hammie", getting paid a king's ransom to hang out in a luxury dugout while a team of elite physical therapists massages their delicate hamstrings. If the rest of us called out of work for two weeks because our obliques felt a bit "tight" after a particularly aggressive sneeze, we'd be handed a pink slip instead of a spot on the bench next to the gourmet seed station.

But here is the reality check: when a player tears a hamstring or tweaks a groin, "walking it off" just isn't an option anymore because of how the modern game is played and managed. Baseball is no longer an endurance sport of jogging and pacing; it is a game of violent, explosive bursts where a player must go from a dead standstill to a 20 mph sprint in a split second, or rotate their core with enough torque to launch a baseball 450 feet. If a groin or hamstring strain is only 90% healed, that missing 10% means they can't beat out a double-play ball or track down a liner in the gap—and worse, an explosive misstep will instantly turn a minor tweak into a massive tear that sidelines them for months. Ultimately, teams protect their multi-million-dollar assets because a healthy triple-A replacement is always more valuable to the front office than a hobbled star operating at half power.

Gone are the days of bloody socks...

[Donn Beach]

I was reading about this awhile ago. This is considered the most iconic image in Texas sports, you see it everywhere in Texas. It's not a really well known event because the game wasn't televised. I can't remember who hit it but Ryan took a liner off his face. Not only did he continue to pitch, he wouldn't allow the trainer to come to the mound. What's funny about it, they washed the jersey, actually during the game. He wore it again, finishing the game. Thing be worth a fortune now

[Big_Maple]

I was reading about this awhile ago. This is considered the most iconic image in Texas sports, you see it everywhere. It's not a really well known event because the game wasn't televised. I can't remember who hit it but Ryan took a liner off his face. Not only did he continue to pitch, he wouldn't allow the trainer to come to the mound. What's funny about it, they washed the jersey, actually during the game. He wore it again, finishing the game. Thing be worth a fortune now

Someone bought the iconic bloody sock for something like $92,000

[Donn Beach]

That shows how the thinking has changed, they had the wherewithal to save it. The concept of collectables

[Big_Maple]

That shows how the thinking has changed, they had the wherewithal to save it. The concept of collectables

I’m sure someone would have paid a small fortune for Evander Holyfield’s right ear.

[Peepaw]

I was reading about this awhile ago. This is considered the most iconic image in Texas sports, you see it everywhere in Texas. It's not a really well known event because the game wasn't televised. I can't remember who hit it but Ryan took a liner off his face. Not only did he continue to pitch, he wouldn't allow the trainer to come to the mound. What's funny about it, they washed the jersey, actually during the game. He wore it again, finishing the game. Thing be worth a fortune now

Man, that picture is so iconic. And the story, thanks for sharing.

[Seattle or Bust]

Rumor is Brendan Donovan has started a "running program" after recovering from a groin strain. In 10 days... he'll up his running IN CLEATS!!!

Mixed opinions here. I completely get where you’re coming from; today's baseball players are treated less like gritty gridiron gladiators and more like priceless Ming vases wrapped in bubble wrap and biodegradable packing peanuts. It’s hard not to laugh when a superstar earning $30 million a year lands on the 10-day injured list with "lower-body fatigue" or a "tight hammie", getting paid a king's ransom to hang out in a luxury dugout while a team of elite physical therapists massages their delicate hamstrings. If the rest of us called out of work for two weeks because our obliques felt a bit "tight" after a particularly aggressive sneeze, we'd be handed a pink slip instead of a spot on the bench next to the gourmet seed station.

But here is the reality check: when a player tears a hamstring or tweaks a groin, "walking it off" just isn't an option anymore because of how the modern game is played and managed. Baseball is no longer an endurance sport of jogging and pacing; it is a game of violent, explosive bursts where a player must go from a dead standstill to a 20 mph sprint in a split second, or rotate their core with enough torque to launch a baseball 450 feet. If a groin or hamstring strain is only 90% healed, that missing 10% means they can't beat out a double-play ball or track down a liner in the gap—and worse, an explosive misstep will instantly turn a minor tweak into a massive tear that sidelines them for months. Ultimately, teams protect their multi-million-dollar assets because a healthy triple-A replacement is always more valuable to the front office than a hobbled star operating at half power.

Gone are the days of bloody socks...

My thoughts? Get in better shape.

It behooves me that teams just let players get fat and sloppy before a season starts. I bet you half these injuries would be avoided if the players were on a similar work out regimen to the NFL and NBA where the movements are far more intense and violent.

The fact that a baseball player can be running down the line and tweak a hamstring is pathetic. Should never happen.

[Peepaw]

But here is the reality check: when a player tears a hamstring or tweaks a groin, "walking it off" just isn't an option anymore because of how the modern game is played and managed. Baseball is no longer an endurance sport of jogging and pacing; it is a game of violent, explosive bursts where a player must go from a dead standstill to a 20 mph sprint in a split second, or rotate their core with enough torque to launch a baseball 450 feet. If a groin or hamstring strain is only 90% healed, that missing 10% means they can't beat out a double-play ball or track down a liner in the gap—and worse, an explosive misstep will instantly turn a minor tweak into a massive tear that sidelines them for months. Ultimately, teams protect their multi-million-dollar assets because a healthy triple-A replacement is always more valuable to the front office than a hobbled star operating at half power.
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This says it all very well. Seems to boil down to teams protecting their million dollar investments.

Those guys are really striving on every play, giving it all. All I could think with all the hamstring problems is to get a morning stretch class going. Make the whole team do calisthenics for a half hour like we did in 7th and 8th grade.