Comments on: Study: Major League injuries on the rise

By: ta192

ta192 — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:11:07 +0000

Certainly the 1st thing many will think of…

By: cur68

cur68 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:55:01 +0000

Well, I’m not going to look up the article thru the university (not shiny enough) but I’ll inch out on a limb and say something like “the increasingly common use of MRIs to diagnose has increased the detection of injuries like stress fractures and strains which do not show any where near as well on xray”.
…YAWN…naptime….zzzzzzzz

By: granted42

granted42 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:27:24 +0000

I’m still waiting for the Giants to put Zito on the 1000 day DL with a “strained forearm muscle.” He’s been so ineffective that there HAS to be some sort of injury they can make up to keep him out of the rotation forever.

By: APBA Guy

APBA Guy — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:53:55 +0000

Bigger stronger faster, and longer seasons. My 3 nephews all average 140 games a year-in high school. One just visited Dr. Andrews, one has a Clay Buchholz stress fracture, and one is an indestructible tank of monstrous proportions. I never had more than a sprained ankle, with my 30 games a year in high school. And turns out I was playing with a strained rotator cuff. Upshot is, lots of contributors to the increase in injuries, and as long as there is more money involved-trust me, those HS kids are playing for scholarships-there will be more injuries. That trend is not abating.

By: iranuke

iranuke — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:36:15 +0000

I was interested enough to click through and read the article, and their guess was the loss of the ability to take steroids.

By: gallaghedj311

gallaghedj311 — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:12:16 +0000

While I generally scoff at ur posts, Craig the Philly hater, I found this an entertaining post.

By: crpls

crpls — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:08:39 +0000

Yeah, worked out well for Mickey, eh?

By: spudchukar

spudchukar — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:55:24 +0000

Not only that but injuries are reported much more often these days, the “take it like a man” days are over, as teams emphasize not allowing minor injuries to become major ones.

By: halladaysbiceps

halladaysbiceps — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:49:27 +0000

Exactly. All the greats drank beer. Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Mike Schmidt, etc. The list goes on and on.

By: heyblueyoustink

heyblueyoustink — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:40:35 +0000

Hey, drink more beer. I like that idea ‘ceps……I should be indestructible!

By: heyblueyoustink

heyblueyoustink — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:39:04 +0000

Tis a bleak time for obliques……I think I injured mine reading this article

By: paperlions

paperlions — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:31:16 +0000

Teams also put players on the DL with fake injuries pretty often these days as a way to expand the roster without demoting/cutting a guy that is struggling….or as a way to get a guy to the minors via a “rehab” assignment so he can work through his struggles.

By: hebrahhammer

hebrahhammer — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:25:06 +0000

The title of this post really grabbed my interest, but I was obviously disappointed when I was confronted with so much text. Can you please link to a video summary?

By: halladaysbiceps

halladaysbiceps — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:20:56 +0000

I have said it before in the past and I will say it again. Modern day players do too much weight lifting and nautilus training. Guys years ago were less frequently hurt when they ran, did pushups and situps, and drank more beer.

By: shaggylocks

shaggylocks — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:20:41 +0000

Oh dear. You know that sad, empty feeling you get after your fun and lively house guests leave after visiting for one week? That’s how I feel now that the trading deadline has passed.

Maybe I should just go stir things up with the Phillies phans in the other thread; maybe that’ll cure my trading-deadline hangover…

By: bleedgreen

bleedgreen — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:17:19 +0000

I agree with your assessment partially. I know in football, the rate of ACL tears has jumped significantly. Mainly BECAUSE training has gotten the human body bigger and more importantly, HEAVIER due to the extra muscle being put on. I’m not a large guy, at 5’8″ 160lbs at normal, eat what I want weight. If i started working out and and ended up putting on say, 30lb of muscle, thats 30lbs that my ACL is not ‘designed’ to be carrying around. Now, start running around faster and making tigher turns and all of a sudden, your ACL just isn’t up to the task. If you were doing the same thing minus 30lbs, you’d probably be fine… but you’d also not be strong enough to compete.