Carlota Gonzalez

No, they play in Independence MO, which is like 10-15 mins outside of KC, just like the KC Chiefs ;-)

You sort of nailed it there....   marketing (packaging) can at times be totally BS.

People's minds changed after 10 years of arguing about this:
 
ZERO

Everyone is different -- I ruptured my patellar tendon at age 34 about 7 years after having needed knee surgery to repair a torn ACL, my tear was off the bone so they had to actually attach the tendon to the bone which made it a bit harder for them than had it just been a fibrous tear.  I actually said it looked like his patellar tendon when it happened because of my experience with the injury -- the pain was instant and much much worse than when I had torn the ligament, so much worse I thought I'd completely dislocated the knee and severed all three ligaments.  
 
Anyway, I was unable to do anything really for a good 3 months which was both frustrating and extremely boring, this led to a lot of Cheers re-runs and even more sandwiches eaten.  When it was all said and done I was doing normal daily activities (walking going up stairs etc etc), 4 maybe, 5 months after surgery and cleared to jog and so forth around 6 months in.  I didn't actually do any jogging because I had more Cheers to watch and more sandwiches to eat.  At about the 8th or 9th month mark I went to the batting cages and was freaking gassed within 15 minutes so I decided my rotund ass needed to get back into a shape other than round and I started legit working out.  I wore a sleeve basically every day for a good 6-8 months and put a strap on below the knee whenever I attempted anything that required burst or jumping but despite more initial pain and less activity than the ligament tear the recovery was a lot faster and with a lot fewer roadblocks, I never once had to back off after I started to try to work out or play sports.  Again, everyone is different, Richards is taller than I am, I'd assume that works against him but he's younger than I was and obviously in peak physical shape.  I guess the key will be what we are hearing 5-6 months in.  If he's already running then he would likely beat the 9 month time-table.  Again, everyone is different and I think I was aided in having had the surgery within ten days of the tear, as soon as the swelling went down and having been pretty active physically at the time of the injury.
 
The trick for him will be whether or not he is able to land his plant leg pain free.  His delivery is such that it likely won't be as big of an issue as if he were a true drop and drive (Tom Seaver) type of pitcher.  I was actually pretty elated to hear it was just the patellar tendon and nothing else had gone pop -- that would have greatly lengthened the recovery time and slowed down the rehab process.
 
I did a search for athletes coming back from patellar tendon tears yesterday and found  the following link to be pretty interesting.  It mostly relates to NFL players, but I think it's fair to say that's a far more strenuous sport than baseball. http://dynastyleaguefootball.com/2013/06/01/the-dynasty-doctor-6/

got beer - got no clue.
 
One thing Albert has become..is a leader. It started long before his bow & arrow shot back to Trout...then him running on Puig...he's obvious concern with GRich...helping with the cart.
 
He's actually running his fat a$$ off. Andy Fletcher is an awful home plate ump.
 
AWFUL
 
Rabbit ears dip shat...I'm sure he confused Weaver's voice for Albert's....Fletcher blows...and so does this thread.

Kids, this brings me to my next point.
 
 
Don't smoke crack. 

Knee bucking and horrible pain could be ACL as well, but I hope not. And someone has said it already, but we are now going to find out what this team is really all about! Perseverance is what I'm hoping for.

Sample size is small, but we finally got our Shield/K-Rod combo. I am confident if the Angels have the lead after 7 and WTF would have expected that a couple months back?

Love hearing that this is Williams second longest outing of the year. Makes you feel proud inside, and by proud I mean sick.

What I'm looking forward to even less is the repetitiveness of these posts on here. I'll ask Chuck just to put a count down clock for each contract that way EVERYBODY knows how much longer we are obligated to them. It's like your wife telling you everyday how ugly you are. You know your ugly but she still tells you. And on top of that she has her friends and family remind you every chance they can how ugly you are. Don't worry they will stop telling you in seven years, ugly.

You know he's 3rd in the league for hitting game winning RBIs. But hey everyone, keep bitching about how he is worthless

Pujols has also been vey good with driving in winning runs. 3rd in the league. Pujols isn't the problem.

LOL at Frieri with an 11.25 ERA with the Pirates. There's a reason this bullpen is better.

Not even miKKKe Trout???

Hamil-strikeoutsa-ton

Hamil-strikeoutsa-ton

Lol. Not really. I took a ton of money from him. It was a fun night.

Cool guy....
 
that sucks at his job

Bow and Arrow. First it was against a team that gives us fits, and secondly, karma karma karma. It couldnt of been scripted better.

Bow and Arrow. First it was against a team that gives us fits, and secondly, karma karma karma. It couldnt of been scripted better.

Bow and Arrow. First it was against a team that gives us fits, and secondly, karma karma karma. It couldnt of been scripted better.

The Rays are hot right now, winning 15/20. They may not be willing to give up Price now. 

"Karma got Fernando Rodney today...and so did The Angels" -MLB Tonight commentator.
Perfect!

"Karma got Fernando Rodney today...and so did The Angels" -MLB Tonight commentator.
Perfect!

"Karma got Fernando Rodney today...and so did The Angels" -MLB Tonight commentator.
Perfect!