11
2011
Kevin Burkhardt: Ike Davis Heading To NY For More Tests
An article by Hojo's Mojo
According to SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt via Twitter, Ike Davis is flying to New York where he will meet with more team doctors.
Not sure if he already had the MRI that the team discussed last night as there is no other offical word.
Obviously, there are some concerns and I always brace myself when things like this start to unfold.
Hopefully, this simply a precaution and nothing else, but as a Met fan, don’t blame me for being a little worried right about now.
Original Post 8:00 AM
After last night’s game, Ike Davis, who came out the game with a leg injury, told reporters that he thinks there’s a chance he could play in the series finale tomorrow afternoon against the Rockies.
“I know he’s hurting,” Terry Collins said. “When he came out, he was hurting bad.”
The Daily News said Davis, who wore a protective boot after the game, hoped to play this afternoon, but also might need an MRI. He initially thought he had injured his ankle or Achilles. Davis remained in pain, making a fast return seem unlikely.
“We didn’t hear each other call it,” Davis said of the confusion between himself and Wright. “We didn’t really collide that hard; I just kind of rolled my ankle or something.”
“I’m hoping I play tomorrow, to tell you the truth,” Davis said. “I’ll take some anti-inflammatories and hope the swelling goes down a little bit, and wrap it up and play.”
Davis left Tuesday’s game after colliding with David Wright on an infield pop fly. With the Mets leading, 4-2, Wright appeared to back into Davis as the two pursued Troy Tulowitzki’s popup in front of the mound with one out in the fourth.
Following the collision, Davis lay on the ground for several moments and met with trainer Ray Ramirez, but Davis eventually walked back to his position at first base.
Yet, after limping back to the dugout following the inning, Davis did not return to the field for the fifth. Daniel Murphy slid over to man first base, with Justin Turner entering the game at second.
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Strained left Calf.
Its one thing for Wright to hurt the team with the bat. But don’t make boneheaded moves like that.
1st off it was slightly on the 1st base side so I guess that was Ike’s ball. either way it doesn’t matter because Yes the Pitcher should have called it. They both had lagit opertunities to get it. If Pelph isn’t going to call it then Ike needed to give way to David because of his vetren status and the fact that he is a recognized leader on the team and in the infield.
That’s te 3B ball. All the time. You learn that play in little league. Sure, Pelf or Paulino needed to shout it out, but Davis shouldn’t have depended on others to do his job. If Wright was there calling for it, Ike should have run the other way, whether or not he heard the pitcher or catcher calling. I’m just glad it’s not serious.
Both David and Ike wanted the ball on the high popup. Paulino or Pelfrey should have called one of them to catch the ball. Neither made the call. It was not a bonehead play unless you want to blame the pitcher or the catcher.
Of course it the pitcher’s fault. the pitcher is supposed to direct traffic on a pop up near the mound. Pelfrey has a baseball IQ of zero.
And to Clayton collier. Howe many times are you going to show just how little you know about the game. your ignorant attack on Wright for something very out of his control was very rude and umprofessional. Davis doesn’t deserve your amateur and snotty treatment. ow ab out you going to some little league games and learn the basics. See you when you learn something
It never ends….
Why the whining? Every team has injuries, there’s no whining in South Philly and they have injuries that put the ’09 mets DL list to shame. Maybe that’s why they win and the Mets don’t.
Now that’s funny.
Reyes or Pollino are to blame. The shortstop is suppose to take charge of the infield, but since Reyes was playing deep, Pollino should been yelling someone’s name to handle the fly ball. You go over this in Little League.
What the hell is up with you guys?
All anyone seems to be interested in here is assigning the blame!
Put it into perspective and think…
The ball was CAUGHT!
The Collision wasn’t really a collision.
If Ike has a SERIOUS injury then that injury was likely going to happen on some OTHER play if it didn’t happen there, because there was a weakness there that no one knew about if it happens to be a tear or a break!
Jeez it seems that no matter what goes on someone around here is always looking for someone to BLAME and PIN it on!
In the Engineering world we have a rule….
FIX the PROBLEM not the BLAME!
it just never ends.i’m startin to believe we’re cursed.
In the engineering world I worked in there were sayings, “IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT” and “THE ENEMY OF GOOD IS BETTER”
Yup, we caught the ball, but we need to make sure the players know who makes the call. I think the coaching staff needs to go over the following:
‘Rules of Precedence.’
In the outfield, the CF makes the call.
On bloop hits, the outfielder makes the call, not the infielder going out for the ball.
In the infield, on balls hit over the skin part of the diamond, the shortstop makes the call.
Given the number of catchers vs. pitchers and the training involved, I think the catcher should make the call on balls hit around home plate and the mound.
On popups hit near the stands toward either 1B or 3B, the infielder, not the catcher who is working over his head, makes the call.
Anyone have a problem with these Rules of Precedence?
I totally disagree that this was Wright’s fault.
First of all, what is with the little league mentality of the ENTIRE infield coming in to look at the pop up? Literally look at the replay, every single infielder made a move towards the mound for the pop up. If it was dropped, who exactly was covering 2nd base?
I think that was the 3B’s ball the whole way. Ike had no business trying to make that play on Wright’s side of the infield that close to the plate.
It was a high popup in windy conditions that started out above the left side of the infield. Wright was the guy doing the tracking on his side of the infield. The wind and the spin on the ball carried it almost dead center in front of the pitcher’s mound. Pelf needed to be active and if not him, Pauling the veteran needed to take charge.
The Mets’ public relations spokesman will say that Ike is day-to-day. After the MRI, the Mets will announce that Ike has a lisfranc condition and is out 4-6 weeks. Four weeks from now, the Mets will announce that Ike will miss the remainder of the season. Would it surprise anyone????
Why don’t they send him to see doctors who know how to diagnose an injury instead of the Mets’ doctors? Really, after all the misdiagnosed injuries the last few years I’m shocked that Alderson kept the training and medical staff intact. I wonder, if they mess up Davis’ diagnosis, will there be changes in the medical staff? I would hope so, after they bungled Reyes’ hamstring (aka calf injury) and Beltran’s knee (they said he didn’t need the surgery). I hope they get this one right, the first time. IMO, there should have been changes made to this team’s medical staff as well as the coaching staff in the offseason. I’d hate to see Ike Davis’ hot start ruined by a buffoon of a doctor who doesn’t know what he’s doing.
It’s Omar Minaya’s fault.