Outshined_One

Here's my train of thought on the subject. It's possible to play on torn ACL in certain circumstances, especially with world-class athletes. If your leg muscles are strong enough, you can get by without the ACL. Granted, the injury is rather painful and unpleasant. Here are the two problems in particular I had with Yost's move: 1) The ACL is usually injured in bad landings. They can be injured when a person's leg is unexpectedly and sharply twisted or turned in a certain direction. However, they can also happen when someone lands flat on their heels due to the pressure the structure of your legs exert on the knee. However, they are difficult to initially diagnose because a lot of times, what appears to be an ACL tear could in fact be a hyperextended knee, which is a less serious injury than an ACL tear. Surgery might not be required. Rest and rehabilitation could get the knee back to full strength over the course of a few weeks, depending on the severity of the injury. Recovery would be nowhere near the amount needed for a torn ACL. In Gallardo's case, it very well could have been possible that he had hyperextended his knee or maybe just partially torn his ACL. On the spot-testing can be inconclusive in those instances; you need MRIs in most cases in order to be sure the ACL is completely torn. Moreover, pitching involves a lot of hard landings and sharp turns for the legs due to pitching mechanics and the need to field nearby groundballs. Also, pitching mounds usually do not offer the best traction in the world, meaning he was at risk for a slip and fall. If he could have had a partial tear or just a hyperextension without much damage, why risk completely tearing Gallardo's ACL? 2) The other big problem I had was, as I mentioned, these injuries can be rather unpleasant and painful. I don't know if it was his plant leg or his landing leg that got injured, but those two mechanical aspects of pitching are important. If you incorrectly plant your foot or loosen up on your follow-through for your landing foot, you'll be putting a lot of pressure on other parts of your body. Your legs do a lot of important work in pitching. If your motion gets screwed up or if you have to compensate for a loss of velocity by getting other parts of your body involved, you're risking further injury. Quite frankly, it was stunning how dumb Yost was for trotting Gallardo back out onto the mound. Welcome aboard, by the way.

Lou Piniella makes me sick. LOL. Guy brings winning baseball back to Chicago, and that isn't enough? So did Dusty.

I love how Lou refused to use Marmol last night in a tight tie game, but trotted him out today during a blowout. That just about made my week.

Oh dear lord no. If anyone in our organization would make me feel uncomfortable with a six-run lead, it's him. You know it's coming. I fully expect Marmol to experience a period of dead arm some time in July with Wood having soreness/tendinitis around the same time. This is going to be a crazed summer.

Maybe Jeff Samardzija is getting called up sooner than we expected. We're going to need more arms for this bullpen at the rate Lou's going.

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Given the amount of gambling, drinking, and shenanigans that happen during the Derby, it's a miracle people still treat it like an exercise in pageantry and high class entertainment. Crusty old-money types need their gambling, drinking, and shenanigans too... Deadspin's Take A couple of my friends went to the Derby a few years back. They said it was one of the most insane things they've ever experienced in their lives.

Was there ever any doubt?

Given the amount of gambling, drinking, and shenanigans that happen during the Derby, it's a miracle people still treat it like an exercise in pageantry and high class entertainment.

Given the fact that he's hitting well and is old for Peoria, I'm guessing we'll see Marquez Smith get bumped up to Daytona once Vitters comes back.

My all-time favorite Jeter play was when he made a diving catch on a ball and landed on Robinson Cano's backside. Needless to say, Cano was calling for it and had the better angle.

Isn't that what your name used to be? play pie or something? yes maybe at this point you should change it back to play pie Maybe you didn't get the memo, but Johnson "brings energy" to the team. Plus he chokes up a lot on the bat. And Reed can grow an amazing goatee and hes white And he made one awesome catch which will make everyone assume he's a terrific defense CF.

Why oh why couldn't have Tim McCarver been the one to make bad jokes about Lou Piniella stealing his wallet?

Yes he can and Soriano would be out by a mile. I thought his elbow was still messed up?

The Cardinals' magic potion of birchbark, grape drink, cloves, half a bottle of Old Harper, horse tranquilizers, beaver hormones, bovine growth hormone, and andro.

Your avatar is creeping me out. Tell David Schwimmer to stop hitting on me.

I'd pay to see Lou Piniella give Tony LaRussa a Superfly Splash from the top of a steel cage.

I think despite his size, he had a moderate amount of power in the minor leagues. Link Modest power, but nothing to get very excited about.

Geovany Soto is going to get this team to a World Championship if it kills him.

I think the only reason the Cubs should trade for Brian Roberts is to save Lou Piniella from himself. We're approaching Dusty Baker territory where we have to trade for players and trade players away in order to keep Piniella away from useless garbage like Fontenot.

I don't have any problem with Joe Buck. Yeah, I said it. Joe Buck is like herpes. I think something more along the lines of the bubonic plague would be more applicable.

70% likelihood of Bad Lilly 15% likelihood of "Cover Your Eyes" Lilly 10% likelihood of Mediocre Lilly 4.9% likelihood of "Can't Make It Out of the First" Lilly .1% likelihood of Good Lilly

Somebody (I think Bob's Keeper?) had a chart of Hill's pitches and release points comparing this season to last season. They clearly tweaked his delivery. I remember there was a fight between Larry Rotchschild and one of the Cubs' minor league pitching coaches a few years ago over Hill's mechanics, with the coach basically calling Rothschild a complete and total idiot for messing with Hill's mechanics on his call-up and having to re-adjust Hill when he was sent back down. I want to say this was in 2006?