What the Heck Is Wrong With Papi?
The injury David Ortiz suffered is a tear of the Extensor Carpi Ulnaris Sheath.
Put Very Simply:
See the little tendon on the left that says EXT CARPI ULNARIS? That's it. Some digging around on the web produces phrases like "career threatening injury" associated with this; or at the very least a loud and painful pop when the tendon is movied.
Remember the power outage Nomar had after his wrist injury? That was the same injury Ortiz is now facing. This is a rather grim prognosis, but thankfully the Sox are somewhat in the clear in the short run. 9 of the next 24 Sox games are in NL parks, which usually means sitting David Ortiz anyway. The longer term solution is to have an Ellbury/Crisp/Drew outfield and use Manny Ramirez as a DH.
Put Very Simply:
See the little tendon on the left that says EXT CARPI ULNARIS? That's it. Some digging around on the web produces phrases like "career threatening injury" associated with this; or at the very least a loud and painful pop when the tendon is movied.
Remember the power outage Nomar had after his wrist injury? That was the same injury Ortiz is now facing. This is a rather grim prognosis, but thankfully the Sox are somewhat in the clear in the short run. 9 of the next 24 Sox games are in NL parks, which usually means sitting David Ortiz anyway. The longer term solution is to have an Ellbury/Crisp/Drew outfield and use Manny Ramirez as a DH.
Labels: Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Fenway Park
posted by Starting Aces at 2:28 PM
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