Blogs > Phollowing the Phillies

News, insight and observations on the trails of the team that ended the quarter century-long parade drought in the City of Brotherly Love - the Philadelphia Phillies.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The latest injury: Chooch's right shoulder


The Phillies lineup had a different look to it Wednesday night, a day after they were shut out for the second time in three games.

The order was the normal, everyday guys until you looked below Jayson Werth's name. Ben Francisco was in left hitting sixth, Wilson Valdez is playing short and batting seventh and Brian Schneider is batting eighth and catching.

Just a move made to shake up a batting order in a funk? Not really, Charlie Manuel said.

"Chooch is banged up," Manuel said.

Manuel wouldn't specify what the injury was... but Carlos Ruiz did. He said his right shoulder has been ailing him for a month.

But it was apparently much ado about nothing, according to general manager Ruben Amaro Jr.

"It's been bothering him, but nothing too serious," Amaro said.

Q: Did a team doctor seen it? MRI done on it?
Amaro: "Not at this point. Everybody gets sore. It's baseball."

Q: Can it be managed by giving him day off here and there?
Amaro: "You guys are making too big of a deal out of it."

Q: That’s the same thing you said when Lidge had first cortisone shot at end of March.
Amaro (getting sarcastic): "Ok, he's going to have an MRI, it's blown out. Four (bleeping) tears. He's just getting a day off because he's sore."

Q: He'll be back tomorrow?
Amaro: "I would think so. But he might not be."


So there you go...

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home