Add "corneal abrasion" to your list of 2011 Phils maladies
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Add "corneal abrasion" to your list of 2011 Phils maladies
David Murphy, Daily News Staff Writer
Pretty soon, you'll be able to construct a half-way decent hip-hop song about the various medical ailments that have befallen the Phillies this spring.
The term du jour is "corneal abrasion," which is something Jose Contreras apparently suffered at some point in between the time he took the mound yesterday and this afternoon, when the Phillies announced that he would miss "a few days" with the condition.
In layman's terms, a corneral abrasion is a scratch on the surface of the eye.
At this point, the Phillies have not said when he suffered the injury.
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Here's one of those he-said, she-said stories I hate to cover as a reporter. But Mark Teixeira apparently was upset with Ben Francisco yesterday after the Phils' outfielder ran into him on the base path. I made a mental note of the moment when it happened. Teixeira was obviously mad. He gave Francisco a pretty hard stare-down as the outfielder ran back to the dugout. Of course, Francisco's back was toward him.
"That's not a hustle play, there is no reason for it," Teixeira said of the contact the two made after the first baseman fielded a weak ground ball yesterday and waited for him in the base line. "He could hurt me or he could hurt himself. That's not baseball."
So, whatever. I'm sure I'll have to stand in front of Francisco and get his reaction today. Because somebody out there likes this sort of stuff.
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Was Ben Fran trying to knock the ball out by the collision?— P Even- Enough already— shawnmac
- Big Ben was just sending him a "Text" message concerning how little he gives a crud..— patrickstar
- On the broadcast they were saying it looked like Ben tripped into Teixeira. I didn't see the replay though.— s
- He and Bill Hall should get together and make prank phone calls to the Phillies' clubhouse.— 1980
- Wow, you mean Ben Fran is getting criticized for hustling down the line on a routine ground ball? 1) Some high-priced Phils should take note *cough*JRoll*cough* and 2) F-U Tex. Its easy for you to say something with your bank account and job that is safe, meanwhile Ben is playing hard for a job.— ESFjellin
- If this is what Tex is devoting his energy to, I'm so way more worried about the Red Sox than the Yankees.— andrewfrombrooklyn
Teixeira = Wuss- Non-event. Thanks for covering it.— Grazman
- Teixara needs to get a uniform that's not so tight and try going 45 minutes without shaving while he's at it. What a tight-whitey, clean-shaven wuss!— frankenslade
Que mas da- Ben F: "Doofus says what?"
Teixeira: "What?"— Timmy - the most overrated player in the game.....mark teixeira.— philly in nyc
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- Give Tex a Kleenex.— johnny eagle
- Tex can hire someone to take the hits— NewMick314
- Yeah Murph. "Someone out there likes this stuff". Then why bring it up if it's so beneath you? Because it's not beneath you as you love it just as much as the next guy. Give me a break. Either report the thing or stand by your convictions and don't mention it while implying that you're only doing it for us idiots that would be entertained by it.— Sewellmatt
- On Contreras, no one knows how it happened because we're covering up the actual story. Like...they were drinking and Texiera was there, or whatever.— CouchKing
- What a pansy...— phigglesfan75
- Teixeira runs funny— stoky
- Hey Mark: THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!!!— DrTickTock
- who gives a phlyin puck???!!!— rustypop58
- What was the final score yesterday? you guys got spanked just like you did in the WS a couple of years ago. We have this clown that posts in the NY Daily News every day. His screen name is "Broad Street Bullie" Bragging about the phillies "fab four" on a constant basis. But yesterday he was NO WHERE to be found! What a surprise! I keep reminding him about those 3 Atlanta Braves pitchers, Smoltz, Glavine and Maddux, 7 Cy Youngs between them. How did they do against the Yanks in 1996 and 1999? Sometimes you have to hit, with no one to protect ryan howard in that lineup he's not going to get anything good to hit— yanksin09
- I hate to have to admit that I agree with yanksin09 on the "Big Four". The Phils had damn good pitching last season and you see how that turned out. The old saying that "pitching wins championships" is baloney now. You MUST hit. If the Phils don't do it better than last season, they'll be watching the World Series from home again this season.— JT123
