David Ortiz has an achilles injury

[#1swisher]

MLB

Red Sox DH [/URL] David Ortiz injures right Achilles rounding bases during Monday's win, scheduled for MRI on Tuesday:


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[DumpJerry]

Tendon injuries are common among steroid users. The juice builds up the muscle faster than the tendons and ligaments can keep up. As a result, there is more stress on the tendon and ligament than can be tolerated.

[vinny]

I wonder too how much of this is an extension of his contract issues (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/al/redsox/story/2012-07-04/david-ortiz-red-sox-offseason-humiliation/56023464/1) with the Sawx.

[VenturaFan23]

Chris Berman weeps.

[Chez]

Red Sox have really been hit hard with injuries to key players this season.

[Boondock Saint]

Tendon injuries are common among steroid users. The juice builds up the muscle faster than the tendons and ligaments can keep up. As a result, there is more stress on the tendon and ligament than can be tolerated.

I was going to make a joke about how "ligament injury" must be what they're calling steroid abuse nowadays, but you had to go and ruin that with facts.

[#1swisher]

Big Papi placed on the 15-day DL. Mauro Gomez called up, who can play first and third base.

http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120718&content_id=35144180&notebook_id=35146624&vkey=notebook_bos&c_id=bos