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Baseball Musings
June 22, 2007
Streak Ending?

Miguel Tejada consecutive game streak may end tonight:

Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada extended his consecutive games streak, to 1,152 yesterday, but that's where it is probably going to end.

Tests were taken on Tejada's left wrist late Wednesday night, and the results received last night confirmed that the four-time All-Star has a non-displaced fracture of his left wrist, an injury that could send him to the disabled list.

Orioles vice president Jim Duquette said last night that Tejada will be re-evaluated today before the start of a three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Duquette said that Tejada, who was drilled by a Doug Brocail fastball in the eighth inning Wednesday night, feels that he could play through the injury.

The trade off for Tejada and the Orioles is that if Miguel plays through the injury, he risks making it even worse and requiring surgery. If he stop playing it heals fairly quickly. He made a cameo yesterday, but they probably can't do that for two weeks:

Tejada's cameo yesterday didn't seem to bother his teammates or the Padres, as long as it didn't become a regular occurrence.

"If it's a day or two, that's fine," Payton said. "It's not something you want to do for a week, obviously. But it's a streak he takes pride in. You just don't want it to be in a spot where you end up jeopardizing your chance to win. And today that didn't affect us at all."

He's already put up an impressive streak. It just goes to show how much luck helped Ripken and Gehrig to 2000. It's also amazing to me that three shortstops are in the top five for longest streaks. Given all the collisions at second base on double plays and caught stealings, those three streaks are even more impressive.

As for the DL, Tejada should take the time off. He's the best offensive player on a very poor offensive team. The Orioles can't afford to lose him long term.

Hat tip, Jason McAdams.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:16 AM | Streaks | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Then again, if he plays crappily it won't really matter at all for the Orioles, so he might as well do the stupid bunt gig anyway. Didn't Gehrig end up doing that too?

Posted by: Mike Lafser at June 22, 2007 11:24 AM

The difference being, Gehrig was dying of an incurable disease while Miguel is probably concerned about using his "pain relievers".

Lucky for Cal, no one was invetigating anything at the time.

Posted by: JC at June 22, 2007 04:58 PM
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