Polanco leaves game with injury
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The green uniforms brought no better luck for the Phillies and their injury woes.
Polanco leaves game with injury
Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The green uniforms brought no better luck for the Phillies and their injury woes.
Third baseman Placido Polanco left Saturday's game in the third inning with an injury to a finger on his left hand. Polanco, on first base after a first-inning single, dove back to the bag on a pickoff attempt and jammed his left hand against the base.
He stayed on the ground for a few minutes and head athletic trainer Scott Sheridan examined him, but Polanco remained in the game only to leave later.
The Phillies said Polanco was being evaluated for an injury to his left fourth finger. Polanco has played only six games this spring as the team attempts to lighten the load on his often-injured body.
Michael Martinez replaced Polanco at third. Martinez was battling an injury of his own, a bruised right elbow, and hadn't played since Tuesday.
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@— Repubrebirth: Less than .500 with three top 10 pitchers on the team and a top 5 closer. They don't need a dominant offense... At least until the playoffs come, which they will.— KINGOFZED
Not a big deal. A finger isn't an age or wear-and-tear type of injury. If the guy hurts his back or knees, then he's in trouble. In spring training, pretty much anytime a guy gets any sort of injury, they remove them as a precaution.— JimG- Pattymac and the Phillies sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g.... I'm a real, though realistic, fan but they're fragile and it's going to be an interesting season-long struggle to stay healty with this group. Achilles, knees, fingers, necks, backs, and now fingers. Yeah, it's early but they're old(ish) and I think I'll be watching Utley in Clearwater in May again. Tick tock.— TomO
- well said pattymac3...the comedy central dropouts that pollute this page are getting more numerous and sillier by the day...no one minds an amusing blog or two but too many of the posts are just inane and doltish,having nothing to do with the article itself...just dopes venting and thinking they are amusing...— jabac
- Here we go again. I seem to remember an article on here a few weeks ago where Polly discussed how healthy he was and how his main objective was to play the entire season.— Penfold18
- pattymac and jabac: Good comments! There is just so much positive going on with the Phillies..5 consecutive division championshiops, 2 world series appearances, and a host of regular season wins in recent years that it just blows my mind why some jerks feel that is necessary to rip everything this club does. Baseball is one of the most entertaining games (and I emphasize the word "games") that has ever come down the pike. Very little of the "in your face" attitudes attributable to players, coaches, etc. as compared to other sports. I just get furious when I see the posts that are intended to do nothing but denigrate the efforts that these guys put forth. It really would not be a bad idea to REQUIRE that posters identify themselves and to verify that ID before allowing some of this nonsense. It brings to mind the era of "talk radio" that became the rage some years ago. Too much exposure, I guess, to the likes of Jerry Springer, et. al. Like a jammed finger is cause for a federal offense, for God's sake. For me, I subscribe to the philosophy of "Some you win, some you lose, and some get rained out!" Fortunately, for the Phillies franchise, there have been a whole ,lot more of the wins!!! Let's all hope that the winning trend continues for the future.— billroc35
- pattymac3 - thanks for saying just what I was thinking. Mark? Shame on you, brother! I believe that reading all these "fans" has had its effect on you. These type of fans only want to live up to the "throw snowballs at Santa" fan image and I don't know why. Everyone thinks they're Don Rickles or something. At least Rickles is funny. These guys just make me sad.— dwp66
- dwp66: Amen brother!— billroc35
- No cheap humor here. Looks like the championship window is closing fast. Half this team will be on Medicare before the season starts. Well at least we have a loaded farm system----oh wait.— Richie Allen
- no it's not bad luck --when you put together a team of the aged and infirm, as clueless rube has consistently done for past 4 years, then it's to be expected that the players are gonna be injured, unavailable or ineffective for much of season ..duh— warbiscuit
- since Amaro took over 3 1/2 yrs ago Phils have won exact same amount of championships as Mets and Nationals --but he's traded away all Phils best prospects so they have virtually nobody of any value under the ago of 30 after Hamels leaves— warbiscuit
