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Being nice to children to blame for Adrian Gonzalez’s back issue

Anyone who hates children and Rays can’t be all bad.

Maybe Adrian Gonzalez learned a valuable, but costly, lesson on Friday—never be nice to small children.

The Red Sox first baseman missed Friday night’s game, is not in the lineup for Saturday’s game and doubtful for Sunday’s series finale in Tampa Bay with a back injury. According to Gonzalez, he was in a mall next to the team’s hotel when he “ran into a family with kids. I bent over to say, ‘Hi,’ to one of the kids and when I came out of that, it locked up on me,” Gonzalez told Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com. “I tried to get treatment, to go out there and move around, but it wasn’t feeling any better.”

Repoz Posted: July 14, 2012 at 09:40 PM | 20 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Dock Ellis on Acid

Posted: July 14, 2012 at 09:54 PM (#4182704)

If only there was a BTF meme relating to children that I could work into this.

2. PreservedFish Posted: July 14, 2012 at 10:15 PM (#4182734)

Bill James doesn't see any reason to believe that his children should be taken away. It was actually the media's fault.

3. RB in NYC (Now Semi-Retired from BBTF) Posted: July 14, 2012 at 10:21 PM (#4182739)

The Lesson is: never do anything nice for anyone ever

4. McCoy Wilfong for Money Posted: July 14, 2012 at 10:32 PM (#4182757)

Man, it sucks getting old. Wait, he's younger than me!

5. The Yankee Clapper Posted: July 14, 2012 at 10:45 PM (#4182762)

So, he wasn't washing his truck?

6. Textbook Editor Posted: July 14, 2012 at 10:57 PM (#4182766)

The MRI taken 8 weeks from now will reveal a stress fracture that he won't have recovered from before Spring Training.

This is just how the Red Sox roll now. Nothing to see here; move along, move along...

7. Chip Posted: July 14, 2012 at 11:01 PM (#4182768)

Even Mr. Brittle himself, Jed Lowrie, managed to incur his inevitable injury tonight during a game, not at leisure like Gonzalez.

8. boteman Posted: July 14, 2012 at 11:26 PM (#4182781)

Won't somebody think of the first basemen???!!!

9. Bhaakon Posted: July 15, 2012 at 12:39 AM (#4182818)

This is an awfully flimsy cover for a dwarf-tossing injury.

10. Chip Posted: July 15, 2012 at 12:51 AM (#4182823)

This is an awfully flimsy cover for a dwarf-tossing injury.

I just hope Pedroia landed on his good hand when he was tossed.

11. frannyzoo Posted: July 15, 2012 at 01:20 AM (#4182833)

This is an awfully flimsy cover for a trampoline injury. Damn kids.

12. Voros McCracken of Pinkus Posted: July 15, 2012 at 01:37 AM (#4182841)

This is an awfully flimsy cover for an injury sustained while drinking beer and eating chicken.

13. bads85 Posted: July 15, 2012 at 02:58 AM (#4182853)

This is an awfully flimsy cover for an injury sustained while robbing Joe Paterno's grave.

14. Dan Posted: July 15, 2012 at 04:15 AM (#4182859)

I thought #12 said eating children on the first reading.

15. I Am Not a Number Posted: July 15, 2012 at 08:09 AM (#4182879)

I thought #12 said eating children on the first reading.

Hilarious. So did I.

16. Petunia inquires about ponies Posted: July 15, 2012 at 12:54 PM (#4183027)

He should have his chicken taken away. They all should.

Blanco's slide on the Lowrie injury was BS.

17. DKDC Posted: July 15, 2012 at 02:05 PM (#4183091)

At this point Gonzalez should really consider worshipping a different god.

18. Bhaakon Posted: July 15, 2012 at 06:46 PM (#4183339)

Blanco's slide on the Lowrie injury was BS.

You mean th slide where he went directly over the center of the bag and stopped more or less on top of it? Yes, total BS.

The play evolved in such a way that Lowrie positioned himself in a spot that guaranteed his back foot was going to get hit with just a normal (ie: non-take out) slide..

19. BDC

Posted: July 15, 2012 at 09:14 PM (#4183411)

If Nomar Garciaparra had been there, he'd have dived under the child and lifted him up to Gonzalez's eye level.

20. SandyRiver Posted: July 16, 2012 at 09:23 AM (#4183641)

The Red Sox first baseman missed Friday night’s game, is not in the lineup for Saturday’s game and doubtful for Sunday’s series finale in Tampa Bay with a back injury.

Man, it sucks getting old. Wait, he's younger than me!

Adrian got 2 hits yesterday. Wish my back spasm healed as fast as his (of course, I'm 30-odd yr older, probably makes a difference.)

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