If a guy said he was "fine" its just a little sore, you trust him. He was playing and producing. Not as he was the last 3 weeks, but you can make an argument that he was coming back down to his normal .310-.325 batting average. An MRI gives off a LOT of radiation. Maybe Joey refused. You can't put a gun to his head. A torn Meniscus does not limit range of motion. It's just painful. We all have tweeked our ankle and or knee and it has healed on its own. This did not.
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It was just so obvious he wasn't right ever since the injury. I dunno, with how important he is to us not only now, but for the next decade, there's no way I'm not giving him an MRI on the West coast.
It just seems like the lazy way to do things. Of course you hope it's just a tweaked knee that will heal with time, but you have to make sure ASAP.
Cmon man, you hire a medical staff to diagnose injuries and give the people making decisions the correct information.
Sure he reports to Walt, but ultimately Dr. K has to do his job. Dusty makes the lineup with what he's given, which apparently was a 1st baseman who needed a few days off. He's not an expert in diagnosing injured knees. He has to defer to those who are.
This is a bad blow to the team but we're in no way out of it. Not sure how to think of this, but although his WAR is one of the highest in baseball a 4.4 still suggests that we're still a good ball club without him. Some positives:
Even if we're a .500 team without him these next few weeks, we should still be right there.
Our schedule during his recovery leans heavily in our favor.
Votto's injury has nothing to do with the "Pirates will phase out" theory.
This could be much, much worse than what it is.
Votto has a decent health insurance plan.
This setback only feeds his work ethic even more.
Pittsburgh is losing as we speak
Last edited by MrRedLegger; 07-16-2012 at 11:28 PM.
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