Pujols DL bound, perhaps?

[Ohtaniland]

Finally their hand was forced. This is for the best. Rest him up for the remainder of the year and have him get the surgery if that is the best course of action, otherwise just let him rest up for these next 6 months

 

Season over. We will certainly miss his .250+ production in the middle of our lineup.

[Blarg]

I am sure Trout is excited about finishing in 4th place.

 

Full speed ahead to a top ten draft pick!

[Kenny]

Forcing him the to DL at the start of the season would have cured nothing.

Letting him "play through the pain" didn't cure anything either.

[Ohtaniland]

Pujols DL bound, perhaps?

 

 

Pujols is not playoff bound and that's all that matters. Epic fail year two. 

[bloodbrother]

I am sure Trout is excited about finishing in 4th place.

 

Could have been worse. 4th place would have been last place last season. Thank you Astros!

[Angel Oracle]

Does this finally mean surgery, so that he isn't going through this every season?

Top ten pick here we come. We'll need it, since yet another big name will be signed by Arte the starry eyed Moreno.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Alden Gonzalez â€@Alden_Gonzalez1m

How long will Albert Pujols be out? "A significant amount of time," Scioscia said. Didn't rule out missing a year, but unsure. #Angels

[Scott34]

A year!? or the year?

[Scott34]

TBrownYahoo 11:05am via Web

Source: Pujols has been told he's likely done for the season. Surgery possible, but undetermined.

[m0nkey]

Best news of the season

[bloodbrother]

Please get the surgery, Albert

[jshep]

Please get the surgery, Albert

 

Well, it seems like the question at this point is depending on how badly he tore the plantar fascia, it's possible that just accomplished the same thing the surgery would long term.

[Ohtaniland]

TBrownYahoo 11:05am via Web

Source: Pujols has been told he's likely done for the season. Surgery possible, but undetermined.

 

I sure they're working on press conference dates to make a more formal announcement.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Mike DiGiovanna â€@MikeDiGiovanna2m

The tear in #Angels DH Albert Pujols plantar fascia essentially accomplished what surgery would do. So further surgery prob not necessary.

[bloodbrother]

Jeff Fletcher ‏@JeffFletcherOCR 1m

Surgery for Pujols is not necessarily a foregone conclusion. The surgery cuts the plantar fascia and it may be sufficiently torn now.

 

Interesting.

[jshep]

A year!? or the year?

 

Fletcher's tweet was talking about Scioscia not ruling out him missing the rest of the season, so I'm thinking that was just iffy wording by Alden and it would just be the rest of 2013.

[bloodbrother]

Well, it seems like the question at this point is depending on how badly he tore the plantar fascia, it's possible that just accomplished the same thing the surgery would long term.

 

Yeah, just read up on that. Tearing it is usually the cure for it, all he needs to do is rest up and rehab. He's got a good 6-7 months to rest up and be healthy for year 3....until he has another injury

[tomsred]

LOL at all of you amateur  doctors.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Thanks Albert.

 

Mike DiGiovanna â€@MikeDiGiovanna2m

Scioscia on Pujols: "I've never seen a player do everything he can until the last drop of his body is used up b4 considers going on DL."

 

 

Mike DiGiovanna â€@MikeDiGiovanna1m

More Scioscia on Pujols: "He can play at a high level and still be productive with 50-60 percent of his health."

[markb]

Maybe someone more educated in this sort of injury could enlighten me, but how is it that Pau Gasol tore his plantar fascia this past season, only to return 6 weeks later, in a far more physically demanding sport?   All indications with Pujols seem to imply that he will be off his feet for a significantly longer period of time.

[nando714]

Gotta give up to the guy though

He played until he simply couldn't anymore

Hope he gets well & is ready for Opening Day 2014

[bloodbrother]

Maybe someone more educated in this sort of injury could enlighten me, but how is it that Pau Gasol tore his plantar fascia this past season, only to return 6 weeks later, in a far more physically demanding sport?   All indications with Pujols seem to imply that he will be off his feet for a significantly longer period of time.

 

Nobody knows what he'll be doing, just that he's likely not playing baseball the rest of the year and that's fine with me

[Ohtaniland]

"He's the foundation of your lineup and you want to build around him," Scioscia said of Pujols.

 

Scioscia on Pujols: "I've never seen a player do everything he can until the last drop of his body is used up b4 considers going on DL."

 

More Scioscia on Pujols: "He can play at a high level and still be productive with 50-60 percent of his health."

 

 

Ok Scioscia, your job is safe. Enough already it's getting nauseating.

[Ohtaniland]

Watching the Angels lose will be a little less painful now that we don't have to watch Pooh try to hit on one knee/foot.

 

Watch them start winning without him. That will start a new thread.

[mulwin444]

"He's the foundation of your lineup and you want to build around him," Scioscia said of Pujols.

 

Scioscia on Pujols: "I've never seen a player do everything he can until the last drop of his body is used up b4 considers going on DL."

 

More Scioscia on Pujols: "He can play at a high level and still be productive with 50-60 percent of his health."

 

 

Ok Scioscia, your job is safe. Enough already it's getting nauseating.

 

Or maybe, just maybe, Pujols is a quality teammate who obviously has been truly injured all season and has been doing his best to live up to the contract he signed.  He tried to do what he was paid and he did it until his body wouldn't let him anymore which is more then can be said for so-called stars on other teams.  My only complaint with Pujols is he should sought rest/help sooner when it was obvious he couldn't play on it anymore.