From our Never Thought I’d Live To See That bureau:
The Dodgers placed Manny Ramirez on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right calf and recalled outfielder Xavier Paul from Triple A Albuquerque. Ramirez, hitting .415 with two homers and 12 RBIs, was injured running out a single Thursday at Cincinnati [Saturday’s Boston Globe Sports Log]
Manny Ramirez? Injured running out a single? Really?
Could we see the videotape, please?
(Over/under on how many others have written essentially the same thing: 8953. I’m taking the over.)
But that’s just the point – the fact that the mere ACT of running causes a pulled muscle is because he does it so infrequently.
This is something an out-of-shape 50-something learns all too well.
And I can tell you from experience, Steve, the next ten years won’t make it any better.