Thursday, August 09, 2007

Well, it could be worse....

I refuse to talk about yesterday's debacle. Yesterday's game was The Game That Shall Not Be Named (TGTSNBN). However, in that game, early on Tony Graffanino lept to nab a ball and landed awkwardly. That awkward landing left him with a torn ACL and out for the rest of the season:

THURSDAY, Aug. 9, 2007, 4:29 p.m.By Rick Braun

Graffanino has torn ACL

Milwaukee Brewers infielder Tony Graffanino has a torn anterior cruciate ligament and will be lost for the remainder of the season, tests performed today showed.

The Brewers have recalled second baseman Rickie Weeks from Class AAA Nashville. Weeks will join the Brewers in Houston Friday in time for the game against the Astros.

Graffanino suffered the injury when he landed awkwardly in the first inning Wednesday after jumping to catch a line drive off the bat of Colorado's Brad Hawpe.Weeks was hitting .455 (10 for 22) with Nashville after being sent down to get his hitting stroke back in order. He batted just .212 in 75 games with the Brewers and hasn't homered since April 25 in a game against the Cubs at Wrigley Field.

After a slow start, Graffanino came on offensively in June and July. But he slumped to just eight hits in his last 46 at bats and was hitting .238 with nine homers and 30 RBI. His nine homers is a career high.

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I'd also like to point out that the Yankees lost to Toronoto 14-4 yesterday, so we're not the only ones who lost really, really badly. So there.

1 comment:

Badger Tracker said...

A team without Graffanino is one that might excel ...