in season form lol

A pathetic, stench filled pig. What a total joker this clown is.

In what, a wheelchair?

What a trooper that Ortiz is. Been only off for 8 months because of a foot injury and still has the intestinal fortitude to somehow be able to take 50 swings in a batting cage. Perhaps by the all star break this gamer will be able to run around the bases.
Imagine the progress Rob Bradford will be spinning then for his boys. Keep working on those book deals.

I don’t understand why this is so complicated. An Achilles tendon must regrow before it can be rehabbed. A tear is many times trickier than a complete tear because a complete tear can be surgically sewn together to enhance the regrowth. Once healed the patient will essentially walk and run flatfooted until the complete strength returns. Many times running flatfooted can cause swelling and discomfort in both heels. As long as the tendon has not been re-torn what is happening is a natural part of the process. The only other way Ortiz could have accelerated the process is use the same magic dust Terrell Suggs used to recover in 5 months. A good measure for Ortiz is he should take about the same amount of time as Howard did last year which returns Ortiz somewhere in the end of April.

Must be personal between the two of you. Such passion.

he’s just participating because of his veteran status, he’ll be ready

The first and most obvious point is that Big Papi hurt himself quite a long time ago–last July. He’s been resting and rehabbing ever since, but all these months have gone by and he still can’t even take batting practice. Seems that every time he tries to waddle from here to there, he has to be shut down. Or, as one radio talkshow caller put it, “They don’t sell treadmills in the Dominican?”
Red Sox management has chosen to keep churning out report after very optimistic report that David Ortiz is merely “day to day,” or that “he’s ready to start some agility drills,” that “Ortiz is set to jog from home to second this morning,” that this latest shutdown is only going to be for “5 to 7 days”, or that “on Monday David will take aggressive batting practice.” But so far Ortiz has failed to make his mark–reducing all their carefully-prepared PR to just so much propaganda. Given the glaring fact that it’s now been more than eight months and it still seems that Big Papi can’t run from here to there, the biggest thing that emerges is management’s emphasis on spin control. Gotta protect The Brand.
A relevant issue is how long Red Sox players take to “heal” from their injuries. The talented but exceedingly fragile Jacoby Ellsbury is one particularly annoying example, along with Carl Crawford, the Drew brothers, Josh Beckett, many other members of the pitching staff past and present, and so on. What seem to be minor injuries at the outset keep players out for month after month, and no team has ever been injured to the degree that the Red Sox have been the last couple years. Now there is Ortiz’s seemingly endless odyssey. To put it into perspective: the face of the Yankees, Derek Jeter, hurt himself three months AFTER Ortiz did–a terrible break that required a surgical procedure implanting stainless steel pins and screws–and yet Jeter is back playing. Meanwhile Ortiz continues to complain that his heels hurt, and makes it a point to tell everyone within earshot that he refuses to come back until he’s absolutely 100 percent healthy. Let’s not forget also that Jeter is older and is a two-way player, handling fulltime defensive chores, at shortstop no less; while the only responsibility Ortiz has ever carried on his beefy shoulders is to swing a bat four times a day. He’s never been asked to field, run, or throw, and in fact he rarely plays against NL opponents, instead receiving extra days off. Still Ortiz he hasn’t been able to manage it, and it doesn’t look like he’ll be able to start anytime soon. But what he DID manage was to happily sign a new $26 million contract, in full view of all this injury stuff, apparently with the knowledge that he had (and has) seriously limited mobility. For those kind of dollars, some fans think Ortiz should have been ready by this time even had he caught his foot in a buffalo trap or stepped on a land mine. Especially given the limits of his job description.
Boston is a rabid sports city that’s home to four major-league teams. You could say that baseball and the Red Sox are still the big dog in town, but lately what’s been drawn more and more into focus is how the other three franchises are run more efficiently and more wisely than the Red Sox. Certainly the last two baseball seasons have not been kind, and along with the growing pile of losses there is similarly a growing awareness of a disingenuous front office more concerned with TV revenue, merchandising and image-building than with winning; and an awareness of entitled and coddled ballplayer-babies constantly behaving like spoiled, overprivileged malcontents. The sentiment is that fans of the other three Boston teams are going to receive a heckl of a lot more effort for their sports dollar; that Celtics, Patriots and Bruins players display more intensity, toughness, and desire; and that, in comparison, their Red Sox counterparts appear out of shape, overpaid, undermotivated and generally smarmy. Meanwhile Red Sox management appear to be enablers of the whole situation, while at the same time diligently trying to squeeze absolutely every last dime possible from a fan base that is growing less and less patient.

very offensive, just not cool!

Big mistake signing this guy! Maybe a Dominican Mens League Softball team but not Major League Baseball.

It’s only complicated to the haters who are smarter than all the other fans who also happen to understand achillies’ injuries take(a lot of) time to recover from. They have some sort of personal axe to grind and Ortiz allows them the opportunity to vent. I hope he get’s healthy and contributes. If he doesn’t, than we move on. An expensive miscalculation on the part of the Sox. So what ? That contract does not impact them in any way in terms or constraints or flexibility. So why all the hate and ridicule ? Maybe they think expensive parking or ticket prices are Ortiz’s fault ? I dunno, but folks need to relax a bit.

If the Red Sox are smart they will get Big Juicer out of sight. They gave a TWO year contract to someone with a Dominican birth certificate, can’t field, and can’t even walk. He has to be a source of daily embarrassment.

I certainly don’t hate Ortiz and i don’t have a clue about his injury.My argument or my opinion is that Ortiz was not ignorant about his return when he signed on.The MRI showed some improvement but Ortiz is the one who know’s how he feels ultimately.I just think he knew or had an idea that this would happen,thats my argument.

Fair enough.

I happened to have had this injury but mine was a complete tear. I can tell you that, even though I did not rehab like a professional athlete, swollen heels are a natural part of rehab. Next time you walk around the house try not using your toes or balls of your feet and you will get some idea of what it feels like at the beginning. Even after you regain strength the first time you ramp up (like running the bases) your heels are pounded. Both doctors of Ortiz and the Sox knew what was in store when he signed but it is nearly impossible to predict an exact date of return. As long as he doesn’t re-tear the tendon his recovery should be pretty straight foreword from here. All this hate from the fan base should stop and the media should do some research.