Philadephia may be "The City of Brotherly Love" and the home of cheesesteaks, the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and Rocky Balboa, but it also houses the busiest orthopedic surgeons in the country.
After today's injury to Eagles' tight end LJ Smith, I started to go through all the injuries Philly teams have suffered in the past year and quickly realized that the list is staggering. The Phils have lost Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Brett Myers, Ryan Madson, Freddy Garcia, Jon Lieber, Shane Victorino, Michael Bourn and Tom Gordon for significant periods of time. The Flyers have suffered through injuries to Peter Forsberg, Mike Knuble, Jeff Carter, Todd Fedoruk, Antero Niitymaki, and Mike Rathje. Last year, the Birds lost D Mac, Lito Sheppard and the Freak. LJ Smith was hurt in the offseason and aggravated his injury today. The funny thing is that the only team we were hoping to suffer major injuries to improve their lottery standing was the Sixers, but the Sports Gods didn't smile on us with them.
Clearly, enough is enough. I think we've all had it up to our ears with the freakin' injuries. If I have to hear one more time how one of our athlete's condition will be diagnosed after a review of an MRI, I think my head might explode. Seriously, what do the sports teams in this city have to do to cure this problem? Is it a karma or feng shui thing? Should we consult a witch doctor or replace the training staffs?
I'm starting to think that inability for our athletes to stay healthy has become the single biggest issue preventing our teams from winning a title. (Yes, I do realize that talent has something to do with it, but look at the Phils. Add those injured players back in the lineup and what would their record be?)
Maybe we should all say a prayer for our athletes' health. Until someone else has a better idea, that's what I'm going with.
4 comments:
Nice job last nite w/ the vuke thing, maybe you could stop changing diapers and write something.
I have to question the training staffs of our teams, especially the Phillies. Are the Phillies guys as well trained as others or do they just stick them guys for loyalty?
i'm sitting here watching our fightins play the braves in the rubber game of the series and this manager has put us in position again to blow a game. After the 3 run bomb by Howard puts us up 4-2 Moyer has a 25 pitch 6th inning. Its obvious they're catching up w/ him and when a 43 year old starts to struggle isn't it time to pull him. He allows him to hit in the bottom of the sixth then proceeds to give up single, double, sac fly and finally fat ass comes and gets him. now we have 1 out w/ a man on 3rd and i'm sure we're looking at a tie game at worse. I'd be satisfied w/ 6 innings and a 4-2 lead versus trotting him out there for the 7th.
Nice job Alfonseca, but rather than a 2 run cushion we only hold 1. Million dollar question, who pitches the eigth? i would go to Gordon as Alfonseca is not a 2 inning guy.
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