Oh No Oh No Oh No (Machado injured)

[OsEatAlEast]

Shows how many people are concerned about Machado. The traffic on this board doubled since I just logged on.

[TonySoprano]

VERY classy

Tampa Bay Rays ‏@RaysBaseball

We speak for all #Rays fans when we say we're hoping for the best for Manny Machado. @Orioles

[Oriole4Life]

I can't believe what I am hearing.

How is this possible? What horrible luck. That's the last player we can afford having a serious injury. **** **** ****. I hate the baseball gods.

[Dark Helmet]

I agree. But if that's right, someone as young as Manny could be back in 6-7 months (March-April 2014).

Originally, bases were marked with posts, which were changed to bags to reduce injuries. Why not make the bases flat, white, rubbery squares dug into the ground like home plate? No more jammed wrists, fingers and ankles sliding into the bag, and no torn ACLs when hitting the base.

If the bases were flat, how could you steal bases or slide into them? There would be nothing to stop them from sliding past them.

[murph]

That does look absolutely horrible. Only bright side I can think of, if it is something that was going to happen one day regardless, better at the end of a season with no playoff hopes than any other.....I guess.

Hope his youth help with any recovery.

[OsEatAlEast]

VERY classy

Tampa Bay Rays ‏@RaysBaseball

We speak for all #Rays fans when we say we're hoping for the best for Manny Machado. @Orioles

I thought so too! The Rays do it right and my hat goes off to them!

[NJ BIRD FAN]

If the bases were flat, how could you steal bases or slide into them? There would be nothing to stop them from sliding past them.

Don't slide past the bag?

[jofalfa]

VERY classy

Tampa Bay Rays ‏@RaysBaseball

We speak for all #Rays fans when we say we're hoping for the best for Manny Machado. @Orioles

Nice. I'm sure Joe Madden will tweet something similar after the game as well.

[Codypka]

i just hope for Manny's sake that this injury doesn't hurt him later in his career. It would be a real shame to see his potential downgraded because of this.

[Camden_yardbird]

Cue the "Buck never rested him, it must be his fault" thread.

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keithlaw ‏@keithlaw 35s

BREAKING: Orioles to seal Hunter Harvey in a ginormous plastic bubble

I hate Law sometimes.

[Dark Helmet]

Don't slide past the bag?

And what exactly stops the momentum? A majority of the time its the bag.

[JohnnyO'sFan]

And now Casilla is hurt. Like this road trip wasn't awful enough.

[Mizerooskie]

keithlaw ‏@keithlaw 35s

BREAKING: Orioles to seal Hunter Harvey in a ginormous plastic bubble

I hate Law sometimes.

I laughed.

He'll be fine. Anyone see Marcus Lattimore's knee injury? One of the worst you'll ever see, and he might be back playing football within about a year of the injury.

[sportsfan8703]

This was different from Davis hurting his leg earlier in the year running hard to 1b to beat out a throw. Manny was kind of pulling up and wasn't going full speed. It was kind of a routine play. When players are tired and over worked they tend to have freak injuries more. See Kobe's achilles injury. I blame Buck.