WBC claims it's first victim

[SSH2005]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/worldclassic...tory?id=2372893

Ayala to have reconstructive surgery on elbow

 

VIERA, Fla. -- The World Baseball Classic claimed one of the Washington Nationals' most reliable setup men.

 

Luis Ayala injured his right elbow in the ninth inning of Mexico's 2-1 victory over the United States in Thursday's World Baseball Classic contest and will miss the entire 2006 season.

 

Ayala was diagnosed with an acute ulnar collateral ligament sprain in his elbow and will undergo reconstructive surgery within the next two weeks.

 

The 28-year-old was 8-7 with a 2.66 ERA for the Nationals last season. He appeared in 81 games for the Montreal Expos in 2004.

[Gregory Pratt]

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/worldclassic...tory?id=2372893

 

I think the tone that's written in is incredibly biased.

 

::shrug::

 

It makes me laugh, though. But I love the WBC.

[SouthsideBlitz]

Ah well that sucks for him ... Was watching the game and he walked off the field. Didn't look like he was in no pain ... Guessed wrong there, eh?

[Phuck the Cubs]

One of the ESPN analists said about this, that if a pitcher blows his elbow or a pitching-related injury, it's not b/c of that one pitch, but a collection of all the pitches before that, and that that pitch is the straw that broke the camals back.

 

As sopme wise man once said: "A stonecutter will hammer away at a rock for perhaps 100 times without a crack showing in it. Then on the 101st blow, it will split in two. It is not that last blow alone which accomplished the result, but the 100 others that went before as well."

[Kyyle23]

With the restricted pitch counts in the WBC, I wouldnt think that this would be any different from Ayala pitching in Spring Training. Something was wrong with the guys arm and it finally popped, which is too bad, but I dont think the blame can be placed entirely on the WBC. JMO

[chisoxdavid]

I thought D. Lee was the first injury of the WBC. Oh well injuries are and will always happen, I hope they bring back the WBC. I liked it till both MEX and USA got eliminated.

[HuskyCaucasian]

One of the ESPN analists said about this, that if a pitcher blows his elbow or a pitching-related injury, it's not b/c of that one pitch, but a collection of all the pitches before that, and that that pitch is the straw that broke the camals back.

 

As sopme wise man once said: "A stonecutter will hammer away at a rock for perhaps 100 times without a crack showing in it.  Then on the 101st blow, it will split in two. It is not that last blow alone which accomplished the result, but the 100 others that went before as well."

That's 100% correct. I wasn't going to be upset if a pictcher blew out his arm. THat's gonna happen no matter where he was. It would have been pissed if there was a colission or hit batter that sent someone out for a while

[southsider2k5]

One of the ESPN analists said about this, that if a pitcher blows his elbow or a pitching-related injury, it's not b/c of that one pitch, but a collection of all the pitches before that, and that that pitch is the straw that broke the camals back.

 

As sopme wise man once said: "A stonecutter will hammer away at a rock for perhaps 100 times without a crack showing in it.  Then on the 101st blow, it will split in two. It is not that last blow alone which accomplished the result, but the 100 others that went before as well."

 

Exactly. This didn't happen because of the WBC. An injury like this would have happened regardless.