Big Papi's knee a worry to Red Sox

He says that the day you see him out of the Boston Red Sox lineup due to pain is the day he's dying, but David Ortiz' knee is a bit of a concern for the Sox, as in the fact that when he singled against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday that he was so gimpy that he had to have a pinch runner once he got to second. But he was back in the lineup at his regular DH spot, batting third today.

Still, Manager Terry Francona isn't for sure that Big Papi is in the clear. It's one thing to be a gamer, it's another thing to blindly continue to play and make an injury that may just be a nagging injury into a season ender. It is a good thing that Ortiz does not normally play the field so that he doesn't aggravate things, but yet the most important part of his game is his stick, and with a knee problem, that could make an absolutely HUGE impact on his abilities at the plate.

The injury seems to have come at a time where his plate abilities have indeed stepped up; he has homered three times in the last five days. Ortiz had surgery on his right knee in November and was going through the normal progression of recovery, at least until Friday. It was then that Ortiz tried to beat out an infield hit by making a headfirst dive into first base. He landed right on his knee and has been hurting ever since.

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