Heyward concedes he can't grip bat, off to see hand specialist

[sdp]

Ugh, ugh, ugh.

This from DOB--http://twitter.com/ajcbraves/status/17111966536
(http://twitter.com/ajcbraves/status/17111966536)
I don't like this.

[Lauren T.]

Pride isn't always a good thing.

[Andy G.]

DOB is an idiot. He worded it that way just to sound like a pretentious arse. Heyward "concedes" his thumb is a problem? Um, maybe he "conceded" it was a problem a long time ago, but neither he nor the team doctors expected the pain to linger this long.

[Wahoo]

This would explain the extended slump. He hasn't been hitting with much authority recently.

[-Dr. Brave-]

Heyward (and Chipper) should have learned from Jordan Schafer last year. It's hard to hit without hands.

[Wahoo]

Heyward (and Chipper) should have learned from Jordan Schafer last year. It's hard to hit without hands.

Not a good comparison. It's also hard to hit without a brain, and I'm convinced that Schafer doesn't have one.

[quick]

HeyWood hurt his hand sliding when stealing second.

If I were a manager, I would fine a player 25,000 for sliding into any base hands-first (with the possible exception of diving back on a pickoff attempt) and I would fine a batter 50,000 for sliding into first on a batted ball.

The latter is easily one of the dumbest moves in baseball--can destroy fingers, hands, shoulders and it isn't any faster. As a former 200m and 400m runner, I learned from several coaches that it is always faster to keep running than to dive, and time-motion studies have proven it. And, even if you did gain a few hundredths, it still isn't worth a dislocated shoulder or a broken hand. :banghead: