Figgins Injury Update

by BoulderBrian on May 5, 2008 9:41 AM PDT

Today the LA times reported that Figgins will not need to go on the DL. His MRI showed just a mild strain to his right hamstring. According to Chone, the injury was caused by a collision he had with the umpire on his amazing slide at home plate. "If I didn't hit the umpire, we wouldn't be talking about this," Figgins said. "This has happened before. Every time I do that slide, I seem to hit the umpire. It's a freak thing."

Mike Scioscia expects the league to review the play to rule on whether or not the home plate umpire was to close to the play and caused the collision that led to this hamstring injury.

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Which injury has hurt the angels the most?

Kelvim Escobar

24 votes

John Lackey

61 votes

Howie Kendrick

16 votes

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Review the play?

What happens if the league does indeed find that the umpire was too close to the play?

by G&C on May 5, 2008 10:10 AM PDT reply actions

the same thing that happens when they blow an important call

nothing.

Northeastern University Huskies: Mediocre hockey, guaranteed.

by Carl Johnson on May 5, 2008 10:27 AM PDT up reply actions

Kinda what I figured.

by G&C on May 5, 2008 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions

Remember....

The umpire is part of the field

"......and you can kiss it GOODBYE"

by Hapyorange on May 6, 2008 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions

In my view

Of course he was too close. Figgins touched homeplate and he hit the umpire as he went past him The umpire moved too far up to get a better view of the play..

by MH252525 on May 5, 2008 11:23 AM PDT up reply actions

change the umpiring mechanics would be the only thing that could come from that

ie, change positioning etc

There's an old saying: 50 percent of what's going to happen, you have no control over. And the other 50 percent is going to happen anyway." -- Arte Moreno

by K3YEROUT on May 5, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Uh...I thought that the rule was that the umps are part of the playing field.

by Stirrups on May 5, 2008 11:59 AM PDT reply actions

Poll response

I love Howie…(preface)...as much or more than the next guy, but frankly I would argue his injury has hurt us the LEAST (this time)!

Here’s why…this forced us out of the platoon situation with Izzy/Eybar and let both play everyday (til Izzy got hurt of course). Eybar has flourished thus far with the full-time PT! Secondly, WTY has NOT been up to the task of matching up with the other team’s #1. I honestly thought he was going to match up better! I had extremely high hopes. Too high.

If Lackey was hurt and Escobar was healthy, I believe Escobar could have matched up with the #1’s capably!

There's an old saying: 50 percent of what's going to happen, you have no control over. And the other 50 percent is going to happen anyway." -- Arte Moreno

by K3YEROUT on May 5, 2008 12:49 PM PDT reply actions