Pujols on foot injury "I'm dying"

[tennischmp]

He should hit more HRs, then he can just walk around the bases

[Angels Never Die]

Heal quick Albert we need you back at first.

 

Actually we need him not to get seriously hurt.

[Lhalo]

He needs to get a fancy doc to shoot him up with a cortisone shot and stfu. Dude is making the big bucks. Suck it up.

 

 

I've had it, sometimes you can't just "suck it up."  The shot doesn't work all the time, rest is the best thing, and a good anti-inflamatory drug for me.  As already has been said, it hurts like h*ll.

I'll back tomsred up. It hurts like a b*tch and staying off the injured foot is the fastest way toward healing it. 

 

I remember when I had plantar fasciitis on the bottom of my right foot I got cocky and tried to run/jog on it too early. I re-aggravated the injury and it set me back another 3-4 weeks. 

[Carlota Gonzalez]

The only treatment for plantar fasciitis is rest. It needs time to heal. For those who have never had it, I hope you never get it. It hurts like hell. You can barely put weight on your foot without being in agony. I can't imagine trying to play baseball like that.

Exactly. It comes from nowhere and goes away all of he sudden. It is terribly painful. Hope it ends soon for him.

[Carlota Gonzalez]

He needs to get a fancy doc to shoot him up with a cortisone shot and stfu. Dude is making the big bucks. Suck it up.

He has been sucking it up. You are clueless when it comes to how incredibly painful his foot is.

[seenoevil]

maybe he should stop trying to stretch a single into a double.

[Brian Ilten]

The only treatment for plantar fasciitis is rest. It needs time to heal. For those who have never had it, I hope you never get it. It hurts like hell. You can barely put weight on your foot without being in agony. I can't imagine trying to play baseball like that.

 

Do we have selective memories around here or did all of you start watching the Angels intently after 2002?

 

Salmon had plantar fasciitis.  Had surgery a few days after the season and was ready to go for spring.  http://espn.go.com/gen/newswire/2000/20001006/00803046.html

 

You all just need to get used to Trumbo playing first and Pujols DHing.  He should have the surgery in the off season.

[nate]

I am glad Pujols isn't actually dying.  That would suck.

[seenoevil]

wow, imagine what basketball players go through then.

[Angelsjunky]

This is simple, really. As some have said, the best "cure" is rest. Pujols should not be playing 1B. He should be the full-time DH for the rest of the season and then, if need be, have surgery in the offseason (didn't know there was a surgery for it). Trumbo is not a bad first baseman.

 

The question, though, is why is this a problem in April? Is this another case of a ballplayer being overly macho and trying to muscle through it? If there is a surgery for it, why didn't it happen back in November? Seems like Albert f-ed up on this one.

[Brian Ilten]

This is simple, really. As some have said, the best "cure" is rest. Pujols should not be playing 1B. He should be the full-time DH for the rest of the season and then, if need be, have surgery in the offseason (didn't know there was a surgery for it). Trumbo is not a bad first baseman.

 

The question, though, is why is this a problem in April? Is this another case of a ballplayer being overly macho and trying to muscle through it? If there is a surgery for it, why didn't it happen back in November? Seems like Albert f-ed up on this one.

 

Good questions.... and where was our "top notch" training staff during the offseason? 

[Brent Maguire]

This is simple, really. As some have said, the best "cure" is rest. Pujols should not be playing 1B. He should be the full-time DH for the rest of the season and then, if need be, have surgery in the offseason (didn't know there was a surgery for it). Trumbo is not a bad first baseman.

 

The question, though, is why is this a problem in April? Is this another case of a ballplayer being overly macho and trying to muscle through it? If there is a surgery for it, why didn't it happen back in November? Seems like Albert f-ed up on this one.

Yeah I'm asking the same thing. It didn't sound all that serious in Spring Training. 

[Ohtaniland]

Albert was already busy rehabbing his surgically repaired knee in St Louis with the Cardinals training staff.

[Reveille1984]

It's not really something that can be fixed with a few days off.  They either need to put him on the DL and see if that helps the issue subside at all, or have him muscle through it with a cortisone shot.  Like others have siad, not sure why this wasn't addressed before the season by our crack medical squad.  We're barely 20 games into a 5 month season and he's already "in agony".  

 

Without Pujols though our lineup goes from formidable to fairly mediocre in an instant, especially with Hamilton being generally terrible at everything hitting.

[Angelsjunky]

Reveille84, it doesn't have to be either/or. There's a big difference between playing every day in the field and sitting on the bench coming to the plate and (hopefully) running the bases four times a game. Not to mention that if Pujols gets on late in the game he can be pinch-run for.

 

So we're really only talking about 4 times at bat and 0-4 times running the bases. Not being out in the field for nine innings should help and, if coupled with anti-inflammatories, will at least hopefully keep it from getting worse.

[Jay]

I would love to sit Pujols and let him rest the foot, if only Hamilton would pick up some of the slack.

[Thomas]

A local radio guy here in Albuquerque is a "huge" Rangers fan and did a radio spot where he said don't be like that loser Angel Albert Pujols and go to dr. so and so to get your plantar fasciitis treated. I nearly wrecked my car from my resulting facepalm.

[Wallerrrr]

feet are overrated anyways

[YouthofToday]

Why is this an issue? Why wasn't this addressed in the offseason? This has been a lingering problem for him for years, so it doesn't come out of no where.

I suspect Pujols convinced management he could manage the pain without surgery like he has at the tail end of the last 5 seasons. That increasingly looks like a foolish decisions by the powers that be.

[Ohtaniland]

If he thinks it hurts now, just wait until he turns 40 next season.

[Wallerrrr]

Why is this an issue? Why wasn't this addressed in the offseason? This has been a lingering problem for him for years, so it doesn't come out of no where.

I suspect Pujols convinced management he could manage the pain without surgery like he has at the tail end of the last 5 seasons. That increasingly looks like a foolish decisions by the powers that be.

uh, its an issue now because he's dying. duh

[Mean Spirited]

... and staying off the injured foot is the fastest way toward healing it. 

 

WTF was he doing during the off-season? Jumping jacks?

[Lhalo]

Good one.

[Jay]

WTF was he doing during the off-season? Jumping jacks?

 

fair question

[fan_since79]

A friend of mine had plantar fasciitis and it lasted for six months. He said it was sheer agony much of the time to walk.

 

How long did GA suffer with this? I can't recall how many games he missed.