Category: MLB (Page 168 of 448)

      Jose Reyes may need hamstring surgery

      September 30, 2009 /

      The New York Daily News is reporting that Mets shortstop Jose Reyes may need to have surgery to repair his injured right hamstring.

      Jose Reyes looks like he may be headed for surgery on his ailing right hamstring tendon. He felt discomfort Tuesday while trying to run and is due to be examined this afternoon.

      It goes without saying that the 2009 MLB season has been an utter disaster for Reyes and the Mets. The 26-year old shortstop played in only 36 games this season, finishing with a .279 batting average in 147 at bats.

      The problem with hamstring surgery for athletes is that they may never return to their full pre-injury flexibility and explosiveness. So even if Reyes does have successful surgery in terms of the hamstring tear healing, it doesn’t mean that he’ll be the same player he was before the injury.

      This will be an interesting situation to follow this winter.

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      Indians to fire manager Eric Wedge

      September 30, 2009 /

      According to a report by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Indians will fire manager Eric Wedge at the end of the season.

      Eric WedgeWedge and his coaches will finish the final six games of the season, including today’s doubleheader against the Chicago White Sox, the final home games of the season. The Indians play a four-game series in Boston this weekend.

      Wedge is in his seventh year as manager. The Indians are 64-92 and in fourth place in the AL Central. They have lost 20 of their last 25 games.

      Wedge ranks fifth among Tribe managers with 560 victories.

      Although it wasn’t his fault that his players were made of chandelier glass and could never stay healthy, it’s kind of hard to argue the firing of Wedge.

      The Tribe were set up to win long-term after they were one win away from making a World Series appearance in 2007, but the last two years the club fell apart under Wedge. It’s amazing to think that Cleveland has to rebuild again after spending 2002 to 2006 building what seemed to be a roster that could compete for the long haul.

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      Omar Vizquel wants to fight bulls…seriously.

      September 29, 2009 /

      Forty-two year old Omar Vizquel has already compiled three All-Star appearances, 11 Gold Gloves, is the all-time leader in double-plays while playing shortstop and this past summer, he recently held an 11-foot anaconda by its head.

      But apparently that’s not enough because Omar also wants to play at least one more season and also become a bullfighter, you know, for fun.

      From ESPN.com:

      “Just go and learn the basics and stuff,” Vizquel said. “It’s one of my things on the to-do list. There’s a lot of things still to do.”
      There are few players who can match Vizquel’s offseason pursuits. Among the other adventures he hopes for: parachuting, flying in an F-16 jet and attending all three Triple Crown horse races.

      Last winter, Vizquel and some buddies went to a wildlife refuge in Venezuela in the search for anaconda and to view other wildlife as well. About four hours into their trip, they found their snake.

      In a video that Vizquel shared in the Rangers clubhouse during spring training, the group’s guide stepped into shallow water to grab an 11-foot anaconda by the tail and pulled it onto dry land.

      The 5-foot-9 Vizquel was all smiles when he got his chance to take the agitated nonvenomous snake by the tail, and he eventually held the head of the snake, its mouth opened wide and its body coiling. The anaconda was released unharmed.

      “Anacondas already done, that’s a dream I’ve already conquered,” Vizquel said.

      Now, it’s time for the toros.

      “Bullfighting? You are the most interesting man in the world,” Chris Davis, his 23-year-old teammate, said after overhearing the latest plans.

      As Chris Davis some amply points out, they’re going to have to replace the Dos Equis guy with Vizquel, because Omar is clearly the most interesting man in the world.

      Stay thirsty, Omar…stay thirsty.

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      Mikey’s MLB power rankings

      September 26, 2009 /

      There are only eight days left in the regular season, barring any one-game playoffs, and aside from the AL Central, most races are all but over. The Red Sox have a chance to make up ground on the Yankees, but the Yanks have already clinched a playoff berth. Here are your power rankings this week….

      1. New York Yankees (98-56)—If they sweep the Sox this weekend, the AL East race will officially be over. But both teams appear certainly headed to the big dance.

      2. Los Angeles Dodgers (92-62)—Quietly moving up and close to clinching the NL West while their cross-town pals are struggling.

      3. Boston Red Sox (91-62)—This team has got to be making the Yankees and their fans nervous, even if the Yanks have made the playoffs, because they just keep winning. But, see #1.

      4. Los Angeles Angels (90-63)—It’s a good thing the Rangers are playing like crap, otherwise the Angels would be looking in the rear view mirror.

      5. Philadelphia Phillies (89-64)—Getting hot as the weather cools down.

      6. St. Louis Cardinals (89-65)—The magic number still at one.

      7. Colorado Rockies (87-67)—Some days the Rockies look like they might catch the Dodgers, but lately they are trying to fend off the Braves and Giants for that wild card.

      8. Detroit Tigers (82-71)—The Twins remain 2 games back, and the Tigers have not exactly set the world on fire the past month.

      9. Atlanta Braves (83-70)—Bobby Cox’s teams never quit and they are hanging tough in the wild card race.

      10. San Francisco Giants (82-72)—Now the clock is really ticking. The Cubs, of all teams, hurt the Giants’ chances badly again last night.

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      Derrek Lee injured during Cubs’ celebration

      September 25, 2009 /

      If this doesn’t sum up the Cubs’ 2009 season, I don’t know what will.

      From ESPN.com:

      While celebrating a come-from-behind, ninth-inning win over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday, the Chicago Cubs couldn’t avoid yet another “Cubby Occurrence.”

      First baseman Derrek Lee scored the game-tying run ahead of Jeff Baker, whose two-out, two-strike home run off San Francisco closer Brian Wilson put the team in line for the win.

      As Lee and Baker were mobbed by teammates in the dugout, relief pitcher Angel Guzman slapped the side of Lee’s helmet, causing Lee to experience neck spasms that forced him to come out of the game for defense in the bottom of the ninth.
      Manager Lou Piniella coined the term “Cubby Occurrence” to explain strange happenings that may have factored into the organization going more than 100 years without winning a World Series.

      Even when the Cubs win, they still find a way to lose.

      While we’re somewhat on the subject, stick a fork in the Giants. They surprised a lot of people this year with the way they’ve played and their pitching staff is going to make them competitive every season.

      But they had a golden opportunity last night to get within three games of the Rockies for the NL Wild Card lead and they couldn’t even muster more than two runs at home to the Cubs. Playoff-caliber teams take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves and the Giants couldn’t do that last night.

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