Gload is hurting, but it's the best option
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Gload is hurting, but it's the best option
Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer
NEW YORK — The options presented to Ross Gload were bleak: Either play through the sometimes searing pain of a muscle tear in his right hip or undergo season-ending surgery.
Gload, 35, said he's too old to even contemplate a four-month rehab from surgery. So that left one choice.
"I just have to stay on it and deal with it," Gload said. "I don't really know. I'm kind of new to it too."
Gload, the Phillies' top pinch-hitter, does not play often in the field. The injury, he said, can be managed with the right exercises and medication. It is not dissimilar to the hip injury Chase Utley played through for a good portion of 2008.
The hip began bothering Gload sometime in mid-April. So he has played a month with the pain. It just wasn't until recently that the Phillies ordered further testing to reveal the extent of the damage. Gload said he is unsure how the injury occurred but he never felt a tearing sensation.
"Some days are better than others," Gload said.
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DL for Gload....sign Inky.— NewMick314- Gload IS the best pinch hitter on the team. That said, with this injury he may not be effective. I agree with Hearts....that is why you have Posednik. They guy has over 1,000 hits in MLB....he should be your replacement pinch hitter and DH during inter-league.— Special Agent Fox Mulder
- Maybe Greg Gross can still pinch hit and play outfield in a rare emergency and still be hitting coach! Put him on the active roster!— sonnybuoy01
