Red Sox CF Mike Cameron
Despite the fact that the Boston Red Sox seem to be dropping like flies, they remain just 2 games behind the hated Yankees for first place in the American League East. After today’s game at the Giants, the Red Sox head home to face the Tampa Bay Rays and the Baltimore Orioles. They will be happy to get out of San Francisco alive at this point.
In what can be described simply as a freak injury, second baseman Dustin Pedroia could be lost for up to two months after breaking his foot when he fouled a ball off of it in Friday night’s game. Pedroia is an irreplaceable piece of both the offensive and defensive picture, and will be sorely missed. Hopefully the Sox can tread water with Bill Hall at second, who has been below average at best as an outfielder. Here’s to hoping he doesn’t butcher too many double-play balls in the next few weeks.
Clay Buchholz suffered a scare in yesterday’s game, in which he pilled up lame running the bases. Thankfully it turned out to be just a hyperextension of the knee, and Buchholz should be good to go for his next start, which should be Saturday at home vs. the Orioles.
Elsewhere in the Red Sox infirmary, there is a one Jacoby Ellsbury, who is still apparently not close to resuming baseball activities in the wake of what must be the most horrific rib injury ever suffered by a professional athlete.
Ellsbury broke his ribs the first week of the season after colliding with third baseman Arian Beltre. He made an attempt at a comeback about a month ago but went back on the DL after just 3 games. Maybe we’ll see him sometime before 2012, get well Jacoby. Good thing you didn’t use your 4.3 40-yd dash time to make a play as a wide receiver, because things such as hangnails are generally not seen as serious injuries in the NFL.
On the other side of the spectrum, Mike Cameron continues to gut his way (no pun intended) through an abdominal tear, playing just about every other game. Cameron put his body on the line, making a spectacular catch in the 8th inning yesterday to save extra bases on a shot from Giants 3B Pablo Sandoval. Cameron also supplied the offense, smashing a 3-run bomb.
In the face of adversity, the Red sox have managed to find ways to win. They have had a great month of June, going 16-8, helping to circumvent their slow start. Hopefully, the impending return of Josh Beckett and the continued success of Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz will help them stay afloat until Pedroia’s return.
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Very enlightening and beneficial to someone whose been out of the circuit for a long time.
-Murk
No bad
, it’s unusual, to in the future …