Well, I heard some folks talking ’bout how them baseball injuries mess up the front office, and I thought, I gotta say somethin’ ’bout that. You see, when them boys get hurt, it’s a real headache for everyone, not just the fellas on the field.
Them baseball injuries, they ain’t no joke. You got fellas throwin’ their arms out, others pullin’ muscles runnin’ them bases. It’s a mess, I tell ya. And when them star players get hurt, oh boy, it’s like a chicken with its head cut off in that front office. They gotta figure out who’s gonna play, who they gonna call up from them minor leagues. It’s all a big to-do.
One time, our local team, they had their best pitcher, strong as an ox, that boy was. Then bam! He hurt his arm. Couldn’t throw a lick. The team, they went downhill faster than a greased piglet at the county fair. Lost a whole bunch of games. Front office was scrambling. Pitching injuries are the worst, I reckon.
- Them injuries, they cost money, too. Gotta pay them injured players, even when they ain’t playin’.
- Then ya gotta find someone else, and that costs money, too.
- And if ya lose games, folks might not come to watch, and that means less money from them tickets.
It ain’t just the money, though. It’s the whole plan, ya see. The front office, they got a plan. They got it all figured out, who’s gonna play where, who they gonna trade, who they gonna draft. Then, bam! Injury. Whole plan goes out the window. They gotta make a new plan, right quick. It’s like tryin’ to herd cats, I imagine.
And them common baseball injuries, they happen all the time. That overuse thing, that’s a big one. Them boys, they throw and throw and throw, and their arms just give out. Like an old tractor, all wore out, ya know? Or they’re runnin’ and slidin’, and twistin’ and turnin’, and their knees or ankles just snap like twigs.
They say baseball is a repetitive sport. Well, yeah, if you do the same thing over and over, somethin’ gonna break. Like bendin’ a wire back and forth, it will snap. They need to rest, them players. Like how we rest the fields between plantin’, ya know?
These young fellas, they all want to be the best, throw the fastest, hit the farthest. So they push and push. They think they’re invincible. But they ain’t. Just like that Stephen Strasburg, I heard about him, great pitcher, then his arm, it’s gone bad. Happens all the time.
They say them pitchers get hurt the most. They’re like the workhorses, but even workhorses need a break. Then come the batters and runners, then them middle infielders and third basemen. They all get hurt. The pros, they get hurt worse it seems like, takes ’em longer to heal, sometimes they gotta quit the game altogether. Such a shame. Ten percent of them get hurt, that’s what they say. It’s a hard sport.
And you know what else? Them arm injuries, they mess up the whole team’s spirit. When your best player’s sittin’ on the bench, wrapped up like a mummy, it’s hard to keep your chin up. It’s like when your best milk cow goes lame, you just feel down in the dumps.
I reckon the front office, they try their best. They get them doctors and trainers and all that. But sometimes, ain’t nothin’ you can do. An injury’s an injury. You can try to prevent them with the right equipment and all, like using them helmets and face shields, makin’ sure things fit right. But sometimes, it just happens.
It’s a tough business, that baseball. Lots of money in it, lots of pressure. And them injuries, they just make it all that much harder. It’s a real headache for them folks in the front office, tryin’ to keep the team goin’ when their players are droppin’ like flies. It ain’t easy, I tell ya. It ain’t easy at all.
So next time ya see a player get hurt, remember, it ain’t just him that’s sufferin’. It’s the whole team, the whole organization, right up to them folks in the front office. They all feel the pain, one way or another. And fixin’ it, well, that’s harder than pullin’ teeth from a hen.
