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Saturday, April 26, 2008

MLB: Yankees: Bruney may be lost for season

Yankees right-handed reliever Brian Bruney could miss the remainder of the season with an injury to the Lisfranc joint of his right foot that is likely to require surgery.

Bruney slipped and fell while attempting to cover first base in the seventh inning of the Yankees’ 9-5 victory over the White Sox on Tuesday. The results of an MRI taken in Chicago were sent to physicians in New York, who have recommended that the reliever have surgery. Bruney was examined by Dr. William Hamilton at Roosevelt Hospital in New York on Friday.

“It’s a big loss,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “He’d been pitching great for us. Other guys have got to step up for us.”

Tip from Duffy.

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   1. jwb Posted: April 26, 2008 at 01:34 AM (#2759411)
Nasty sounding injury.

The Lisfranc injury to the forefoot is thought to have originated with Napoleon's surgeon. During that time, if a rider was thrown from his horse and the foot was caught in the stirrups, the rider often suffered a severe fracture of multiple bones in the midfoot region with dislocation of the fragments. The resulting trauma often resulted in an amputation of the forefoot at a specific level called the Lisfranc joint, after the French surgeon who first noticed the pattern of this injury. Fortunately, although the injury is still called a Lisfranc injury, amputations are rarely done for this injury. . .

The treatment is usually surgical if a significant separation of the bones exists. Surgical treatment usually requires that pins and/or screws be inserted to stabilize the bones and joints. This procedure is called an open reduction and internal fixation. This allows the normal anatomy to be re-established.

After surgery, it is critical that the patient remain non-weight bearing until full healing occurs. During this time, a short leg cast is usually applied. Once healing has occurred, several months after the surgery, it is necessary to remove the screws/ pins (internal fixation devices) prior to full weight bearing and resumption of activities.
   2. Rich Posted: April 26, 2008 at 03:31 AM (#2759572)
It's much more common among football players. Both Strahan and Tuck sustained the injury in '06.
   3. Cris E Posted: April 26, 2008 at 03:35 AM (#2759573)
I never took either of them for equestrians. Live and learn I guess.
   4. HowardMegdal Posted: April 26, 2008 at 03:39 AM (#2759577)
I had a teacher named lisfranc in college- she was terrific. Lit.
   5. TVerik, AKA Snoopy Snoopy Poop Dog Posted: April 26, 2008 at 04:19 AM (#2759598)
The effect on the Yankees will be much discussed.

But personally, I think that Bruney's career is going to be harmed, perhaps irreparably. He was on the verge of breaking out of the fringy AAA/major league relief pitcher mold, but likely isn't going to get the opportunity to show that if he misses the balance of the year.
   6. Best Regards, Larry Mahnken (Dewey is a slacker) Posted: April 26, 2008 at 06:21 AM (#2759626)
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
   7. MM1f Posted: April 26, 2008 at 06:31 AM (#2759630)
I dunno if #6 is sarcasm or what but I gotta root for the small Oregon fishing town (Warrenton/Astoria) kid.. plus the dude has worked on crab boats before, so thats cool and makes me give him the benefit of the doubt that he is more of a "regualar guy" than your typical pro athlete.
   8. Rough Carrigan Posted: April 26, 2008 at 12:25 PM (#2759649)
Cornerback Ty Law had this injury one season while he was playing for the Patriots. He was lost for the season and really hasn't been quite the same guy since, though part of that is probably age, too.
   9. Best Regards, Larry Mahnken (Dewey is a slacker) Posted: April 26, 2008 at 02:59 PM (#2759698)
I dunno if #6 is sarcasm or what but I gotta root for the small Oregon fishing town (Warrenton/Astoria) kid.. plus the dude has worked on crab boats before, so thats cool and makes me give him the benefit of the doubt that he is more of a "regualar guy" than your typical pro athlete.
When he was sent down to Scranton last summer to make room for Joba, Bruney stormed out of the clubhouse after packing his things, knocking over a chair on the way out and telling a writer he didn't have a minute to give a comment.

Bruney has always come across to me as the kind of guy who thinks that he's the best pitcher in baseball, and that it's the team's fault for not recognizing that, not his fault for pitching like crap.

Seems like a typical pro athlete to me, or at least a typical 26-year-old pro athlete.
   10. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: April 26, 2008 at 03:11 PM (#2759702)
This is not particularly damaging to the Yankees' prospects for success this year. Brian Bruney isn't very good.

It sucks for Bruney, of course.
   11. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: April 26, 2008 at 03:32 PM (#2759709)
What? He displays unwarranted confidence? He didn't want to talk right after losing his job? Now I wish the ######'d broke both his feet. SERVES HIM RIGHT.
   12. Long-Time Fan Posted: April 26, 2008 at 04:09 PM (#2759724)
Actually Bruney had been doing fairly well this year, looking like the best option to get to Chamberlain and Rivera (I realize that is hardly a major accomplishment, but he did drop around 20 pounds in order to make himself more effective, which does deserve a lot of credit).
   13. Best Regards, Larry Mahnken (Dewey is a slacker) Posted: April 26, 2008 at 05:17 PM (#2759804)
He didn't want to talk right after losing his job?
While Bruney was storming out of the clubhouse, Miguel Cairo was sitting in the clubhouse answering every question asked. He was actually out of a job, Bruney had just be re-assigned to Scranton.

And was back in a week.
   14. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: April 26, 2008 at 06:01 PM (#2759823)
Those reporters must have been heartbroken, being forced to write a dull "stormed out in a rage" story, instead of nabbing a heartstopping "I have to accept the team's decision, and I'm going to work hard to get back" direct quote.

Nonetheless, Bruney's catastrophic injury is the definition of cosmic justice, and proof that there is a loving God.
   15. Best Regards, Larry Mahnken (Dewey is a slacker) Posted: April 26, 2008 at 06:11 PM (#2759835)
Those reporters must have been heartbroken, being forced to write a dull "stormed out in a rage" story, instead of nabbing a heartstopping "I have to accept the team's decision, and I'm going to work hard to get back" direct quote.
He acted like a petulant child, and he deserves to be treated like one.
   16. Best Regards, Larry Mahnken (Dewey is a slacker) Posted: April 26, 2008 at 06:19 PM (#2759845)
We're arguing past each other here. My point is that he's a jerk and I have no sympathy for him. Yours is that he didn't *deserve* to be injured. I concur that he doesn't deserve injury. But he's a dick, and I don't feel sorry for him at all.
   17. Biff isn't really an apt handle anymore Posted: April 26, 2008 at 07:07 PM (#2759909)
Can we do this to Timlin?
   18. Crispix Attacks Posted: April 26, 2008 at 07:31 PM (#2759922)
Ha, the only thing I was going to say here is that I only know one thing about Bruney -- that in Jerry Crasnick's book "License to Deal" he is cited as an example of the capricious people you have to deal with in the agenting industry, having left the super-wonderful-awesome-terrific-brilliant-handsome-hilarious-genuine-nice-guy-agent's firm for some other agent because the other agent offered him a free cell phone. However, the super-wonderful-awesome-terrific-brilliant-handsome-hilarious-genuine-nice-guy-agent was not devastated by this betrayal, because he didn't like Bruney anyway.
   19. Crispix Attacks Posted: April 26, 2008 at 07:32 PM (#2759923)
Now we should be ready for Bruney's mom to post here and say something nice about him.
   20. Cooperstown Schtick Posted: April 26, 2008 at 11:25 PM (#2760089)
I am very, very, very happy that, except in the most high-profile cases, agent-shifting is so rarely reported or discussed. And also, very.

Bruney is a player I like, for no particular reason. Nothing I've read here has changed that opinion. I am sorry for his misfortune.
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