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They are the Cubs station. They must do what they can to trash non score products. Haugh really is stuck in the company line.

They do that well.

As with most things it's rarely one person or one sides total fault. There is usually issues for both sides. I would guess there was a meeting privately. Grifol doesn't seem like a guy who would do this after only one incident. However, I don't know him so I could be wrong and he lost his temper and pulled for just this incident.

It's possible it all happened the way you outlined. Maybe they went through it all he still didn't listen, had the discussion behind closed doors still didn't listen and that's why it has ended in a benching during the game. Grifol doesn't seem like a guy to have a knee jerk reaction to a single incident. He seems pretty calm and thoughtful. Not knowing the whole situation there is no way to know for sure.

Or is this why no one outbid the Sox for him? The Sox don't typically spend the most on a player. Maybe it's a Jalen Carter situation and everyone else passed.

Its a possibility but players performance isn't necessarily tied to it. After 30+ years of working with athletes I'm biased but it's usually the athletes that have the out of control egos. When Grifol was hired there were many players who loved and respected the guy and reaved about him. Without knowing the people involved it could be either. I wouldn't jump to conclusions either way.

No one is healthy all the time. With very few days off there are always small issues that can limit them.

No. Some people are just jerks or full if themselves and don't listen. That's a possibility but not a given.

Do you know this? Not saying it isn't true. But is it this or is he willingly ignoring them and that is the reason for the benching. Without being inside the clubhouse we don't know. Players in past decades would not tell the management things to keep playing. This group hasn't earned that with their injury history.

True. I don't think it was a conscious lack of effort. It was he was sore and tight from the day before so he didn't want to risk injury but he still wanted to play. Maybe its a holdover from last year when they were told to back it down to decrease injury. The bottom line is they will be healthier if they tell the medical staff what is going on and not try to manage it themselves.

Don't disagree. Just saying what looks like is going on with the manager/medical staff with injuries. They aren't trusting the players to manage themselves. And I don't really blame them.

What this tells me is that that they are being so conservative with injury concerns this year based on recent history that the players aren't telling them what's really going on. It's a tough call as the players have had so many significant injuries, I'm not sure I would trust them "to know their own bodies" either.

No a straight torque does not produce a shear force in a solid object. So my argument is that they are 2 separate directions for a force in a single structure.

Sure it is. The only reason there is a shear force with the torsion in your picture is the fact that there is a pin in the joint that move independent from the ridgid lever. The shear is between the two independent surfaces. In a solid structure you won't have the torsion and shear unless it breaks and there are two independant pieces. Regardles of that scenario The structure of a disc is such that the collagen is crossed in both lateral directions so it I more able to resist forces in those direction.

Shear forces and torque forces are in different directions. Torque by definition is twisting. Shear is sliding.

Again of course it puts force on it just not as much as sitting and shear forces. Glen has done much more recent research than 2012.

Sure. It does put the stress on it. No doubt. However as force in general the sitting shear force is still greater on the disc as opposed to rotational forces.

Sure sounds like he was from the way they've been talking about it.

That's does make it more concerning, as it's a central herniation opposed to a unilateral. If it stays just in the hips and needs surgery it's a microdiscectomy instead of an open procedure. Much better chance of a good recovery.

It doesn't appear that he has taken 6 months to rehab with his previous disc injuries.

No. The torque isn't as stressful as sitting for the disc to resistthe force. . The disc is designed with cross fibers to withstand the torque of turning. The weakness of the disc is the shearing force of sitting.

Any reports if it was bilateral or unilateral? Did they says glutes or glute?

That's a whole lot better than going passed the knee. If this has happened in the past it makes sense they were thinking just the Minnesota series.. We can improve the symptoms in less than a week many times. This one sounds it isn't responding as fast as previous episodes. Not a great sign. As long as the pain/numbness stays above the knee, it's a good sign

If it hasn't progressed to the point of leg pain/numbness that a good prognosis.

Sitting puts the most stress on the disc. Especially if it's poor posture.