Adam Wainwright expected to miss rest of season (freak injury)

[fan_since79]

Achilles injury while stumbling out of the batter's box on a pop up.

 

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/12768740/adam-wainwright-st-louis-cardinals-goes-disabled-list-left-ankle-injury

 

 

[Lou]

pitcher blows out achilles while batting

that's real baseball

[JAHV76]

He's a stud and this loss will hurt. However it seems like the Cardinals overcome these type of injuries to their pitching every year with their pitching depth in the minors..

[Dick B Back]

One of the reasons the Angels started Richards when they did so he wouldn't have to bat in a NL park early on.

[nando714]

pitcher blows out achilles while batting

that's real baseball

American League Baseball isn't real baseball

[Lou]

i know

they need to incorporate things like bats,balls,gloves,bases, etc

before anyone will take them seriously

[Tank]

For the record, I like the DH.

[hen3ry]

traditionalists will hate it, but they'll get over it.  if we have to change the rules about collisions at the plate because a star catcher got banged up, changing the rules on pitchers hitting because a star pitcher got hurt doing something which isn't even his real job seems logical.

 

You'll still have occasional moments of humor when teams run out of position players and are forced to put a pitcher out there, but that's pretty rare in the AL as it is.  To the point I can't remember the last time an AL pitcher took the field at a different position; every incident I can think of of this was an NL team.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

For the record, I like the DH.

 

It took me a long time to get around to this - perhaps because of so many years of following National League baseball - but I agree with you. No other player is expected to bat while routinely playing only every fourth or fifth day. Pitchers batting adds nothing to the game, and as we have seen, it can cripple a club when injuries like this occur.

[ten ocho recon scout]

American League Baseball isn't real baseball

what do you prefer, russian league baseball? You some kind of commie or something?

Love the american league or leave it pal. Or should i say, comrade..

[QuinlansMinion]

American League Baseball isn't real baseball

National League isnt real baseball.

[Sherlock31]

Real baseball?

 

You mean by IBB the 8th batter and get out of trouble by pitch to the pitcher every times?

[QuinlansMinion]

Real baseball?

 

You mean by IBB the 8th batter and get out of trouble by pitch to the pitcher every times?

National League is a joke.  It isnt real baseball.

[Hollyw00d]

pitchers getting hurt while trying to "hit" is flat out dumb. I would be so pissed if that happened if I was a cardinals fan.

 

 

screw the NL

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

I agree with everything here except the crazy notion that AL baseball isn't real baseball.

The NL sucks. Spending 3 hours trying to figure out which bench guys can hit in your pitchers spot and moving it all around the order is lame.

[QuinlansMinion]

At this point if I have a star pitcher on my team and im in the NL I tell my pitcher to go up there without a bat and just watch 3 pitches come over the plate, and send him back to the dugout.  

[ten ocho recon scout]

At this point if I have a star pitcher on my team and im in the NL I tell my pitcher to go up there without a bat and just watch 3 pitches come over the plate, and send him back to the dugout.

would you still make him hold his hands up to simulate holding a bat?

[Hoops McCann]

This is going to be a very big blow to the team.  Season started out so well for the team and Waino.  If it is a ruptured achilles, then he's out for the season, at the very least.  There are a few guys in the minors (Gonzalez and Cooney) who can step in, but Waino is almost irreplacable. 

 

NL is a far superior version of baseball than AL ball.  Disagree all you want, but NL has lots more strategy than AL ball and I find it vastly more exciting.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Long time no see hoops, sorry to hear about wainright.

The nl sucks

[OregonLAA]

At this point if I have a star pitcher on my team and im in the NL I tell my pitcher to go up there without a bat and just watch 3 pitches come over the plate, and send him back to the dugout.

If every team did that, they would be embarrassed and change the rule by next year. Problem is, I think a lot of managers like pitchers hitting

[OregonLAA]

This is going to be a very big blow to the team. Season started out so well for the team and Waino. If it is a ruptured achilles, then he's out for the season, at the very least. There are a few guys in the minors (Gonzalez and Cooney) who can step in, but Waino is almost irreplacable.

NL is a far superior version of baseball than AL ball. Disagree all you want, but NL has lots more strategy than AL ball and I find it vastly more exciting.

In a league where offense is dying, you find pitchers hitting more exciting. That's cute. Ever notice how guys go from the AL to NL and just dominate lineups with only 8 real hitters

[AngelsSurfer]

It took me a long time to get around to this - perhaps because of so many years of following National League baseball - but I agree with you. No other player is expected to bat while routinely playing only every fourth or fifth day. Pitchers batting adds nothing to the game, and as we have seen, it can cripple a club when injuries like this occur.

 

I agree. It's just a black hole in the lineup and it puts the pitchers at risk. Even more so when you have the interleague games where AL pitchers who generally *never* do this suddenly find themselves having to bat. I much prefer DH.

 

I was reading something during spring training that posited that the idea of bring the designated hitter is something that is being tossed around MLB right now, and that it is actually something the MLBPA might see favorably. I hope something comes of it.

http://m.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/birdland/union-chief-debate-over-dh-in-the-nl-intensifies/article_e067bd20-8242-5fad-8bfd-22a78d36a189.html?mobile_touch=true

 

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I would think that they would see it favorably, especially if a roster spot is added to each club so that they can carry a dedicated DH.

[AngelsFanSince86]

This is going to be a very big blow to the team.  Season started out so well for the team and Waino.  If it is a ruptured achilles, then he's out for the season, at the very least.  There are a few guys in the minors (Gonzalez and Cooney) who can step in, but Waino is almost irreplacable. 

 

NL is a far superior version of baseball than AL ball.  Disagree all you want, but NL has lots more strategy than AL ball and I find it vastly more exciting.

 

Right.  Once every 3 or 4 games when its actually close enough they have to decide whether to leave the pitcher in or pinch hit for him.  Meanwhile, multiple times every game the pitcher is an easy out and turns a rally into a dud.   Wow, so much strategy...

[Angel Oracle]

Are we getting closer to a 26th roster spot being added?