Scott Sizemore Suffers Six-Week Setback
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 26, 2009 8:30 AM EDT
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PrintWe took most of the weekend off here at BYB, as there wasn't a whole lot going on in Tiger Town. Besides, what's the most we could've missed? It's not like one of the Tigers' top prospects or a new starter for next year got hurt, right?
Second baseman Scott Sizemore, seemingly the team's preference to be the starting second baseman next season (Adios, Placido Polanco), was injured while making a double play last Thursday in Arizona Fall League play.
Sizemore ended up with a fractured tibia - not a "tibula" or "fibia," doctors - in his left ankle, an injury that halts what was becoming an impressive season in the AFL. In six games, Sizemore batted 7-for-19 with three homers and nine RBIs.
Does a broken ankle put Sizemore's chances of winning the second base job in jeopardy? Might the Tigers have to re-evaluate their apparent plans to let Polanco go through free agency? From all accounts, the answer is no.
The fracture was non-displaced, meaning there was a crack, but the bone stayed in place. And the injury won't require surgery. Altogether, that should mean a six-week recovery period (during which Sizemore will likely be in a walking cast), which gives him plenty of time to get ready for Spring Training. Sizemore will be in Detroit today, however, to get examined by team doctors.
This season, Sizemore hit .308/.389/.500 with 17 homers, 66 RBIs and 21 stolen bases, splitting time between Erie and Toledo.
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I hate to say it but the beginning of lynn henning’s article made me laugh.. “Scott Sizemore was made for the Detroit Tigers. His 2009 season, and its abrupt crash landing, certify it.”
Didn't he also suffer a major shoulder injury in spring training last year or am I thinking of someone else?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 26, 2009 10:02 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
He was injured in 2008
I can’t remember what it was- I thought it was a wrist problem, but it could be shoulder.
It may be SS prospect Mike Hollimon you’re thinking of – he tore a labrum in his shoulder in September 2008.
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by David Tokarz on Oct 26, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions
Now that I've had a chance to look through the news archives, I've come across two instances of shoulder injuries in spring training 2008, and Scott Sizemore was neither of them.
One of them WAS Michael Hollimon.
The other was Wilkin Ramirez.
Yeah, I have no idea what I was thinking about either, unless it was something that happened after the season started.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 26, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
thank you for clearing up the bone name
I wondered if it was the tibia or fibula myself – but was too busy to ask for clarification. :)
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