. . . ...anyone else concerned? http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...es-greg-bird-undergoes-ct-scan-mri-right-foot
Hope the medical community can get together and get Bird back on the Diamond where he belongs. Hate to see those problems with anyone let alone a ball player with a great future. Most real Yankee Fans have come to like Bird and are pulling for him to get back to 100%.
Until test results come back not really going to get worried about it. Hopefully just inflammation that they can get under control.
For me, Bird was easy to like...aside from his silky smooth swing I also appreciate his quiet and unassuming nature. I just hope his recurring foot problem will be correctly diagnosed this time and he won't have to spend an extended time away from the team.
Skowron, Chambliss, Donnie Baseball, and Tino. Best at the position in my time as a fan. When first seeing Bird I figured him to be in this pack, hope the medics get him straight .
I broke my Ankle when I lived in Florida and it still bothers me to this day depending on the weather.
^^^^.... as many probs as Bird's had, and as concerned as Fans are, I can only try to fathom how Greg feels, mentally/physically... Hope he heals quick/well. The lineup of Judge/Stanton/Bird/Sanchise/ is a modern Murders Row indeed... I honestly didn't think he was going to make the lineup after Acromion Surgery. Tearing an acromion can come back to haunt one in yrs to come; as y'all know how age pays us back for playing hard. Yet, he came roaring back. Here's to a solid decade of Bird's good health.... Bingo, same here dislocated the rh ankle as a kid, on a slick field playing FB in Shreveport; which healed due to youth and has never been a problem. Fractured the Lh ankle in 92, and that one hurts like hell at times... I for one will never forget the HR he walloped off of the wicked hook of Andrew Miller in the ALDS...
Somehow the M's decided that sending Vogelbach or Healy to start the year in Tacoma wasn't gonna work, so they gave Mike Ford back to you guys for free (Rule V). Seems like he can play a decent 1B as well as work a count. Kind of the prototype of what I though we were going for, but...
ADDING to your pain is the requirement of womens' fashionable shoes. That must be a contribution to ankle injuries.
Goddamnit...that's what I was afraid of ...the Yanx already misdiagnosed this last year and the doctor supposedly first removed a bone spur and then later, the whole bone that was causing the discomfort...how it the hell can you have a second "bone spur" on a bone that was said to be the problem and was removed ? I know it's not an exact science and I understand that they call it "practicing medicine" but geez, the Yanx' medical people have a history of botching/mismanaging injury treatments. ...hate to be a pessimist, but Bird may never be what he once was again.
Bad gig period, I have no words. I'd say someone in the Teams Medical area of "expertise" needs to be held accountable for this kind of shit.
...yup, like I said, there's a good sized list of injuries that were either misdiagnosed and/or mishandled by the Yanx' medical braintrust over the years. This marks the 3rd time alone that the doctor/surgeon/quack has been off the mark on Bird's situation.
