You're Entering A World of Pain (2009 Injuries)

[Centerfield]

Beltran cleared for rehab without a knee brace.

The team hasn't publicly ruled out duct tape, fun-tack or Polident.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Beltran cleared for rehab without a knee brace.

The team hasn't publicly ruled out duct tape, fun-tack or Polident.

[Gwreck]

Beltran 1-3 (RBI Single) with walk and K in Brooklyn last night, playing as DH.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

A map of our pain(thanks to talented/enterprising graphic designer Sean Englehardt).

[metirish]

Nice work but tough to look at as it is very big.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Thereby setting up Fman to swing in with the ol' "That's what she said."

[Piggiestomatoes]

That's great. A graphical representation of our pain this year. Great job, Sean!

[Benjamin Grimm]

According to the Daily News this morning, there's a chance (although probably a very slim one) that both Reyes and Delgado will return to play for the Mets before the season ends.

[Farmer Ted]

The Mets medical staff is soooo bad, that dolphin face still uses the Mets docs. Interesting indeed.


HOUSTON (AP) -- The Houston Astros say left-handed starting pitcher Mike Hampton will miss next season after undergoing surgery on his left shoulder.

A statement issued by the Astros on Tuesday say surgeons at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York repaired a full left rotator cuff tear in Hampton's pitching shoulder. Dr. David Altchek, the New York Mets' medical director, also repaired partial damage to the labrum in the shoulder.

The 37-year-old lefty was 7-10 in 21 starts this season with a 5.30 ERA in 112 innings. He's 148-115 in 409 career appearances with a 4.07 ERA in 2,264 career innings.

[metirish]

I give Mike some credit for constantly battling back from serious injuries, got to be more than money driving him on.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Altcheck is respected throughout the sport. Many teams and individual players consult with him, including the Yankees.

[MFS62]

Altcheck is respected throughout the sport. Many teams and individual players consult with him, including the Yankees.[/quote:1imy919d]

But Hampton wouldn't go to him until he confirmed that Altchech wasn't educated in New York.
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Later

[Centerfield]

You guys are dumb. It's obviously because he sees Altcheck that his shoulder is screwed up.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Altcheck is respected throughout the sport. Many teams and individual players consult with him, including the Yankees.[/quote:947vrjri]

But Hampton wouldn't go to him until he confirmed that Altchech wasn't educated in New York.
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[/quote:947vrjri]

I was actually going ask whether Altcheck earned his medical qualifications in Colorado , but was afraid my contribution would find its way onto this thread;
http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=10459&sid=9da7c90064f975e90ba452f9bd8659dc

Which, admittedly, is my favorite thread from 2008 (discovered only quite recently while trying to Google something else).....but I did miss a fair few that year.

[Benjamin Grimm]

You guys are dumb. It's obviously because he sees Altcheck that his shoulder is screwed up.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I was actually going ask whether Altcheck earned his medical qualifications in Colorado , but was afraid my contribution would find its way onto this thread;
http://cranepoolforum.net/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=10459&sid=9da7c90064f975e90ba452f9bd8659dc
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That link may not be working for much longer. You can view the same thread in its permanent home here: http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/10400/f1_t10459.shtml

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wow, pulling up a thread where I claim folks have nothing on Bernazard. Ouch.

[metirish]

On Reyes

Jerry Manuel is happy Carlos Beltran is back, even if on a limited schedule, because the Mets' manager doesn't have to wait until spring training to evaluate him. That's not the case with Jose Reyes, who hasn't played since May 20 and might need offseason surgery to repair a torn hamstring. "As we sit here today, I would have to say yes, [Reyes] would be a question [for spring training]," Manuel said Sunday. "Because I haven't seen him run, I haven't seen all those things, so that's still a question for me. What I would like to do is know that he's healthy, that he's 100 percent. That's the whole key for me . . . Spring training becomes a very important time for him versus what it has been in the last few years." Manuel said Reyes' injury - of all the Mets have suffered this season - is the most troubling to him. "Just the length of time for what we thought was [a minor injury]," he said. "That was probably our toughest one in terms of the uncertainty of it and the expectation. We'd say, 'Well, at least I know I'll have him after the [All-Star] break. At least I know I'll have him in August. At least I know I can get to see him in September.' " Now he'll get to see him in February. He hopes. Beltran went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the Mets' 6-2 win over the Nationals. He took Saturday off after playing Friday night.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Meanwhile, Pedro Martinez is injured in Philadelphia. While he was pitching he felt something in his neck and removed himself from the game.

Raise your hand if you're at all surprised by this.

[Centerfield]

Interesting. So we should be expecting a flood of mea culpas from all those columnists who said the Mets were stupid last week.

Any day now.

Um.

Maybe tomorrow.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Interesting. So we should be expecting a flood of mea culpas from all those columnists who said the Mets were stupid last week.

Any day now.

Um.

Maybe tomorrow.

[seawolf17]

I'd bet your Klapisch line is closest to what we'd actually see. Something along those lines.

[metirish]

According to reports online Pedro should take his rotation turn come Friday....apparently he pulled a neck muscle swinging at an 0-2 pitch and oulled himself after throwing a warmup pitch when he took the mound.

Pedro lost the 100th game of his career that night .

[Benjamin Grimm]

I had heard that his head literally rolled off his neck, leading to a panicky search in the clubhouse. The bat boy eventually found it under a chair, and everyone had a good laugh.

At least, that's what I heard.

And now that it's been posted on the Internet, it must be true.

[MFS62]

On Reyes

Jerry Manuel is happy Carlos Beltran is back, even if on a limited schedule, because the Mets' manager doesn't have to wait until spring training to evaluate him. That's not the case with Jose Reyes, who hasn't played since May 20 and might need offseason surgery to repair a torn hamstring.

[ashie62]

Good Lord..shortstop mystery ALL winter long.

Hope they can find an SS quick if need be in the Spring..An Orlando Cabrera type, or Lugo

Not ideal, but what else can they do if Reyes comes up lame?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Jose, quoted in the Daily News this morning, is still hoping to play in a game or two before the season ends.

If that doesn't work out, then he'll get the surgery, which is said to require two months of recovery time.

[metirish]

Reading the article this struck me ....

Reyes admitted he might finally relent and undergo surgery for what has been diagnosed as a torn hamstring tendon.

I'm sure everyone from Jose to Minaya and the rest are involved in the decisions but that line from Rubin that Reyes might relent to surgery has me thinking that they want him to have it and he has yet to relent.