Posted: Saturday, September 5, 2009, 5:24 PM | 24 comments |
 

Utley hurts foot, x-rays show no fracture
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This is not good news for the Phillies, but it could have been worse.  When Chase Utley fouled a ball off of his right foot in the third inning of Friday’s game, he reacted in characteristic fashion, telling no one how badly it hurt. After the game, though, the pain and swelling were enough to warrant disclosure to manager Charlie Manuel.

Utley is not in the lineup tonight (Miguel Cairo is at second), after x-rays showed no fracture, according to Manuel. “He fouled a ball off his foot and it’s swollen up,” the manager said. “He's going to be out today. We'll see how it is tomorrow. Hit it right off his bone, man. If he’d have told me during the game, I might have done something about it…It’s hurting today."
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:08 PM, 09/05/2009
    great.
    — scorpio27
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:10 PM, 09/05/2009
    oh boy...
    — dos_equis
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:20 PM, 09/05/2009
    He could use a few days off anyway. Maybe he shouldn't even travel with the team to DC.
    — hobbit
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:25 PM, 09/05/2009
    All of a sudden I see the 1964 phillies collapse coming back,can history be repeated here , not hitting , bad luck . who knows !
    — zogger
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:28 PM, 09/05/2009
    it's going to be a couple of days, max--just until the swelling goes down. in the meantime, it sucks to have him out while the rest of the offense is struggling as it is. Zogger, i'd have a little more faith than that. If the bats are cold now, it just means that they'll be hot at the end of the month heading into the playoffs.
    — k_dol50
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:29 PM, 09/05/2009
    Why did he stay in the game? They were already losing by 6 at the end of the third.
    — LetsGoBack
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:30 PM, 09/05/2009
    Eh, rub some dirt on it, get some much needed rest and by the end of the week you’ll be right as rain…no biggie.
    — Reality Speaks
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:30 PM, 09/05/2009
    He'll be fine. Rub some dirt on it and get back in there. Typical media over-reaction.....
    — jibberjabber
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:33 PM, 09/05/2009
    What a gamer, in almost a bad way. Every time he hurts himself, he keeps trying to play past when he should. He never gets out of the way of a pitch, has led the league in hit-by-pitches three years running I think... Unreal.
    — Bleue
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:37 PM, 09/05/2009
    The baseball gods have a knack for exposing a team's flaws when it counts the most. The Phils have a terrible bench, and it will probably come back to haunt them sooner or later.
    — phink
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:48 PM, 09/05/2009
    I broke my foot about 15 years ago, trying to kick a soccer ball in the sand at the beach. I did not realize it was broken until a few months later when a small bump formed on top of my foot when it healed. It's still there today.
    — road515
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:53 PM, 09/05/2009
    Relax, "sky is falling pessimists." CU is a stud and will be fine.
    — BananaHammock
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:54 PM, 09/05/2009
    When is C. Lee going to tell Charlie something hurts?
    — sillybilly


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