Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
July 06, 2007
Halled Away

Bill Hall injured his ankle against Pittsburgh Thursday:

Trying to rob Pittsburgh's Ryan Doumit of a home run in the second inning Thursday afternoon at PNC Park, the Milwaukee Brewers' centerfielder planted his right foot in the padded wall and leaped as high as he could. The valiant effort was in vain as Doumit's drive off right-hander Ben Sheets carried beyond Hall's reach.

Unaware how high he was in the air, Hall was unable to prepare himself for the hard landing that followed.

"The ground kind of sneaked up on me, I guess," said Hall, who almost certainly is headed for the disabled list.

Hitting the warning track feet-first, Hall's right ankle took the brunt of the impact and he went down hard. He remained sprawled on the ground in pain as teammates and trainers rushed to his aid.

"I came down a lot later than I thought I would," he said. "I didn't realize I was up that high. Everything was good except for the landing.

Hall will be replaced by Tony Gwynn. I'm not sure how much of a loss this is. While Gwynn doesn't have the pop of Hall, he gets on base a lot better. Gwynn has a .363 OBA to Hall's .336. The Brewers are a decently deep team, so they should be able to absorb the loss.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:52 AM | Injuries | TrackBack (0)
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Gwynn's OBP is in a tiny sample. I'll expect him to be about .325-.335...I doubt if he'll start a whole lot.

Posted by: Al Bethke at July 6, 2007 08:31 PM
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