September 03, 2007
Broken Eye
Dodgers Thoughts notes the severity of the injury to Juan Encarnacion's eye.
Paletta said the eye socket was essentially crushed on impact, comparing the injured area to the disintegration of an egg shell or ice cream cone, and that the optic nerve had sustained severe trauma. Reconstructive surgery may not take place for several days while doctors wait for swelling to subside.
Paletta said there was no rupture to the eyeball.
Encarnacion, who is in the second year of a three-year free agent contract, crumpled to the grass after being struck while waiting to pinch hit in the on-deck circle in the sixth inning on Friday. He remained hospitalized with a concussion and multiple fractures to the eye socket.
It's been a bad year for people getting severely injured while on the field but not in the game. Let's hope this season takes care of that bad luck for a long time, and the Juan makes a full recovery.
As for the Cardinals, Juan's not a very good hitter. I suspect this injury will help them more than hurt them by forcing them to find a replacement sooner than if they just let his contract run out at the end of next season.
Update: Scott Rolen wasn't really helping the team much with his bat, either. With luck, his surgery will return some of his power.
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