DLee Cast Off May 31

[David]

I don't see how he's going to return to action just 10 days after the cast comes off.

 

I realize medical technology has advanced, but I broke my wrist and when the cast came off 6 weeks later you could have taken a picture of my wrist and anyone looking at it would have thought it was from an Ethiopian.

 

Took me quite awhile to build it back up, and that was just for normal use, not to play baseball.

 

If he can do it, more power to him. But then someone explain how DLee can build his wrist back up from nothing in 10 days, but it takes Prior 6 months to build his muscles back up just from a bout of food poisioning, or flu, or whatever.

These guys are beasts. When I was in Little League, a teammate of mine, broke his wrist, though not as bad. He was in a cast for 4 weeks. And he was back and mashing the ball 2 weeks after the cast was removed. As for Prior, he is just a big who can't tell the difference b/t pain and soreness.

 

 

You might want to watch the language when making blanket statements about things you probably know nothing about. :roll:

 

 

Of course, anybody who fits your description would come back and pitch with a fracture from a line drive to the elbow.

[cubfan1955]

These guys are beasts. When I was in Little League, a teammate of mine, broke his wrist, though not as bad. He was in a cast for 4 weeks. And he was back and mashing the ball 2 weeks after the cast was removed. As for Prior, he is just a who can't tell the difference b/t pain and soreness.

Little leaguers tend to heal faster than grown adults do especially with broken bones. The softer bone material of a kid will fuse back together much quicker than that of a full grown man. Also the torque of swinging and stopping a swing of a bat at 95 mph pitchers is a lot greater for an adult. That's why they can't rush a guy back from a wrist injury. The wrist is probably the most difficult thinkg for a hitter to recover from.

[Mizzou]

So is the cast still coming off today?