Mariano Rivera tears ACL & meniscus while shagging fly balls, possibly end of his career?

[ChrisBrown]

Wow, Mariano Rivera reportedly tore his ACL shagging fly balls in the outfield before tonight's Yankees Royals game. Huge loss.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb

[The Great Gazoo]

dang...just running down a ball...suck

[flemgoblue]

Wow, Mariano Rivera reportedly tore his ACL shagging fly balls in the outfield before tonight's Yankees Royals game. Huge loss.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb

I hate the yankees, so I don't really care that much.. But, what in the **** was your 40 year old HOF closer doing shagging fly balls?

[jdk1980]

I hate the yankees, so I don't really care that much.. But, what in the **** was your 40 year old HOF closer doing shagging fly balls?

That's basically been his routine for years. A lot of pitchers do it actually.

[SportsFromA2]

I hate the yankees, so I don't really care that much.. But, what in the **** was your 40 year old HOF closer doing shagging fly balls?

But permitting Rivera to be in the outfield with other pitchers was never an issue, Girardi said.

"You have to allow him to be an athlete and be a baseball player and have fun out there," Girardi said. "I've never seen Mo do anything recklessly. I've never seen Mo dive or try to rob a home run, it's one of the ways he exercises. It's really unfortunate."

For most pitchers, the task of "shagging" in the outfield is something of a chore, helping gather up batted balls during batting practice. But Rivera always seemed to enjoy the exercise during his 18-year career, using the opportunity to prove his athletic skills are not limited just to the mound.

"I don't want to have it any other way," said Rivera, who has not been on the disabled list since 2003. "If it's gonna happen like that, at least let it happen doing what I love, you know? And shagging, I love to do. If I had to do it over again, I would do it again. No hesitation. There's reasons why it happens. You have to take it the way it is and fight, fight through it. Now we have to just fight."

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb

[Ryedog]

Haha. Screw the evil empire

[flemgoblue]

That's basically been his routine for years. A lot of pitchers do it actually.

yeah, I get that it was his routine.. but at 42 and at the end of his career, I would think they would be taking every precaution to keep him from getting injured.

[LionSB06]

Sucks for him and if the guys wants to shag balls who's going to stop him. Like Girardi said he's not reckless he enjoys it and has been doing it for ever.

[General283]

yeah, I get that it was his routine.. but at 42 and at the end of his career, I would think they would be taking every precaution to keep him from getting injured.

He has to have a way to warm up and keep loose. He could've been injured doing anything, it just so happens he was in the outfield shagging flyballs when his ACL went

[The Black Hand]

Does Verlander still do this? I remember Karsch or somebody on the radio saying he did the same thing before games a while ago.

[The Great Gazoo]

Does Verlander still do this? I remember Karsch or somebody on the radio saying he did the same thing before games a while ago.

probably not anymore