Link for Wednesday: Will Albert Pujols Need Elbow Surgery?, Felix Pie (Ball Pun Here), ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Schedule
Posted by Alan Hull on March 5th, 2008
One of the remarkable things about Albert Pujols is the incredible numbers he puts up year after year, despite back and elbow injuries. The guy is just a beast. There were rumors that Pujols might undergo Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his right elbow. MLB.com is reporting that surgery will not be necessary, for now. St. Louis Cardinals team physician Dr. George Paletta explains:
“I think now our options are really likely down to two: if his elbow condition can’t be successfully managed and gives him significant problems again, then I think the horse is out of the barn and he should probably consider having the whole thing done…If he were to develop recurring elbow problems this year and they were to be unmanageable and he said ‘I can’t continue to play like this,’ my recommendation would be to probably have the whole thing reconstructed…This is not a curable problem without a reconstruction. What we hope is that it’s a manageable problem. We’ve been managing this problem since 2003, when he first tore it. So we’ve been managing it fairly successfully for five seasons now. But there comes a time when it’s not manageable anymore. And if it’s not manageable anymore, the best answer for Albert probably, long-term, is to consider having the reconstruction done.”
If Albert Pujols were to go ahead and get Tommy John surgery to reconstruct his elbow, it would take approximately eight months to recover from. Heading into 2008, Albert Pujols seems intent on playing through the pain.
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Chicago Cubs outfielder Felix Pie had what will make many men cringe and cross their legs in pain: crossed testicles. Larry Brown tries to untangle the situation. (Larry Brown Sports)
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ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball featuring Joe Morgan and Jon Miller has announced their schedule to start the season. (Awful Announcing)
Here is the list:
March 30- Atlanta at Washington
April 6- Chicago White Sox at Detroit (ESPN2, ESPN2 HD)
April 13- New York Yankees at Boston
April 20- New York Mets at Philadelphia
April 27- Los Angeles Angels at Detroit
May 4- Chicago Cubs at St. Louis
May 11- Boston at Minnesota
May 18- New York Mets at New York Yankees
May 25- Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox
June 1 - July 6- TBD
July 13- Colorado at New York Mets
July 20- Boston at Los Angeles Angels (6 p.m. ET)
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Geovany Soto vs. J.R. Towles in the battle for catching prospect supremacy. (Minor League Ball)
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