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I think everyone has taken noticed that there have been quite a bit more injuries to our Rockies then in past years this season.  Lets take a closer look at some of these injuries:

Clint Barmes - Knee Sprain
Brad Hawpe - Hamstring Sprain
Matt Holliday - Hamstring Strain
Troy Tulowitzki - Quad Tear
Jeff Francis - Shoulder Imflamation
Todd Helton - Back Strain
and now Ryan Spillboughs.

It seems that we are having an unusually high number of injuries as of late, and most of them being sprains or strains one would think that our Training staff could be doing more in terms of stretching and workouts to help prevent some of these injuries.  I know in sports injuries are common, however this year seems to be hitting us more so then not... can we ask the Training staff just what the hell they are doing (or not doing) to cause all of these injuries?

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Luck

Last year we hardly had anybody get hurt, really – it was a contributing factor in our pennant run. This year, it’s been the opposite. That’s usually just bad luck. Happens to teams in all sports – they get ravaged by injuries some years, other years they stay remarkably healthy.

Our training staff didn’t all of a sudden get crappier this year, just like they weren’t miracle healers last year. Injuries are bad luck, plain and simple. Now, if there is a trend of injuries like this cropping up over a period of years, then you might have something against the trainers.

Staying on the sunny side of Blake Street since 1993.

by Franchise26 on Jul 8, 2008 11:53 PM MDT   0 recs

Certainly this was something that killed the Avs this year

and I think the blogosphere consensus is that the team’s rather neanderthal training philosophy was to blame. I have no idea if that’s the case here or not.

The 2008 Rockies: All loses, all season

by moomacher on Jul 9, 2008 8:55 AM MDT   0 recs

I don't think

that the team needs better training staff – rather, they should hire better equipment managers. Is it just me, or are bats at Coors shattering at a much more frequent clip then before? I remember watching one of the Marlins games, and we had 3 broken bats in less than 2 innings (Holliday, Atkins, and Ianetta, I believe).

by oo_nrb on Jul 9, 2008 1:02 PM MDT   0 recs

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