View Full Version : Ensberg to the Disabled List; Scott called up
Stevierebel
07-13-2006, 10:12 PM
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/4046050.html
MIAMI — Astros third baseman Morgan Ensberg has been put on the disabled list.
Ensberg, who was hitting .187 since the end of April, skipped batting practice Thursday because of the ailing right shoulder he injured while diving for a ball June 9.
He believes something is not right with the shoulder and is trying not to move the joint.
"I definitely want my shoulder to get better," he said. "I want that to heal. That's really my main concern. I really want to get better. It's been the same as it's been since I got my second (pain-killing) shot three weeks ago."
Outfielder Luke Scott was called up from Class AAA Round Rock to take Ensberg's place.
The Real Shady
07-13-2006, 10:15 PM
Good, but if he was hurt he should have spoke up earlier.
I hope he can heal up and get going again before the playoffs, but with a shoulder injury that might be difficult.
rikesh316
07-13-2006, 10:16 PM
Good move for all parties involved. Morgan needs to be healthy to help this team. You knew something was wrong because he isn't this bad of a hitter. Hopefull Scott gets some AB's to prove his worth.
Aceshigh7
07-13-2006, 10:18 PM
I'm pulling for Mo to succeed, but to be honest, he was sucking pretty bad at the plate for quite awhile before he injured his shoulder in early June.
rikesh316
07-13-2006, 10:20 PM
Damn Astros never had as many left-handed hitters as they do now. Scott, Lamb, Berkman, Munson, and Scott.
JaWindex
07-13-2006, 10:21 PM
Damn Astros never had as many left-handed hitters as they do now. Scott, Lamb, Berkman, Munson, and Scott.
One Scott too many?
Damn Astros never had as many left-handed hitters as they do now. Scott, Lamb, Berkman, Munson, and Scott.
You forgot their newest one...
rikesh316
07-13-2006, 10:25 PM
You forgot their newest one...
Yea my bad, replace 2nd scott with Huff. Good thing is all of them have a lot of power and always great to have left-handed power of the bench.
RocketManJosh
07-13-2006, 10:40 PM
Aboud damn time ... Mo needs extended time off to rehabilitate his Body/Mind because both appear to be faulty right now
superden
07-13-2006, 11:09 PM
I hope he gets well soon and start hitting like he should.
Uprising
07-13-2006, 11:15 PM
Awesome, I hope Scott fairs well this time in the ML's
Groogrux
07-13-2006, 11:42 PM
DaDakota faints.
arkoe
07-13-2006, 11:51 PM
DaDakota faints.
In two days, Dada's and Burzmar's season long desires have come to fruit. I'm actually kind of scared.
Saint Louis
07-14-2006, 12:48 AM
http://www.mlb-players.com/astros/images/luke.jpg
the messiah has arrived
MONON
07-14-2006, 01:00 AM
http://www.mlb-players.com/astros/images/luke.jpg
the messiah has arrived
Amen amen amen and amen!!
arkoe
07-14-2006, 01:45 AM
http://www.mlb-players.com/astros/images/luke.jpg
the messiah has arrived
Pete Incaviglia?
Raven Lunatic
07-14-2006, 05:15 AM
rickesh316: Scott, murder, arson and Scott.
Headley: You said Scott twice.
rikesh316: I like Scott.
Harrisment
07-14-2006, 05:48 AM
Scott ftw
RocketMan Tex
07-14-2006, 07:59 AM
Damn Astros never had as many left-handed hitters as they do now. Scott, Lamb, Berkman, Munson, and Scott.
And that is a good thing. Too many people focus on the short porch in left field at Minute Maid Park. Fact of the matter is....MMP is a great park for left handed hitters, because the gaps are big and they can spray the ball all over the place.
I have been complaining about a lack of left handed hitting in the Astros everyday lineup for a long time, and finally they are doing something about it!
CrazyJoeDavola
07-14-2006, 08:06 AM
Pete Incaviglia?
no .....there is no permanent 5 O'Clock shadow
great, so now we know why he's sucked since june 9, the date of the injury; what's the excuse for his awful performance in may and the first week of june?
sorry, but i'm growing tired on ensberg being hurt; even more tiresome: why does he hide it and/or the astros ignore it? this marks the third consecutive year he played hurt and neither he nor the team did anything about for too long a stretch.
Austin70
07-14-2006, 08:32 AM
Good to see Luke back, he missed being the hero in the against the Braves in the playoffs by inches. I saw him last year in Round Rock and he hustled on and off the field, I like that.
Surfguy
07-14-2006, 09:05 AM
sorry, but i'm growing tired on ensberg being hurt; even more tiresome: why does he hide it and/or the astros ignore it? this marks the third consecutive year he played hurt and neither he nor the team did anything about for too long a stretch.
No sh*t. I'm pissed off at Morgan. He shouldn't have been playing with an injured shoulder. He was obviously hiding it and trying to play through it. But, in the end, he hurt the team and probably caused a few losses along the way.
The Real Shady
07-14-2006, 09:55 AM
Who would win in a fight. Luke Scott or Chuck Norris?
SWTsig
07-14-2006, 11:28 AM
Damn Astros never had as many left-handed hitters as they do now. Scott, Lamb, Berkman, Munson, and Scott.
dont forget Scott.
Hakeem's Dream
07-14-2006, 12:08 PM
Who would win in a fight. Luke Scott or Chuck Norris?
Scott, Norris is old.
Burzmali
07-14-2006, 12:19 PM
great, so now we know why he's sucked since june 9, the date of the injury; what's the excuse for his awful performance in may and the first week of june?
sorry, but i'm growing tired on ensberg being hurt; even more tiresome: why does he hide it and/or the astros ignore it? this marks the third consecutive year he played hurt and neither he nor the team did anything about for too long a stretch.
How do you feel about Pettitte or Lidge?
Why is Ensberg the #1 scapegoat around here, it's pathetic.
Oh, and it may not be the smartest thing to play hurt, but I appreciate the dedication and toughness.
Hakeem's Dream
07-14-2006, 12:45 PM
How do you feel about Pettitte or Lidge?
Why is Ensberg the #1 scapegoat around here, it's pathetic.
Oh, and it may not be the smartest thing to play hurt, but I appreciate the dedication and toughness.
Preach it!
How do you feel about Pettitte or Lidge?
i feel their performances have nothing to do with ensberg's performance.
Oh, and it may not be the smartest thing to play hurt, but I appreciate the dedication and toughness.
oh, please; give it a rest. this is the third time in three years he's pulled this ****, covertly playing hurt to the detriment of the team. it's getting old. he's brittle, stubborn and apparently has no feel for his own body. what's frustrating about it is, fine, go out and see if it can work itself back into shape in a week or so. if not, then get help now, rather than later (like pettitte did in '04; even like bagwell eventually did last year).
what if he's done further damage to it and now could be out much longer than had he addressed it initially? what if he could have addressed it and gotten back sooner; could we have maybe won more games down the first half stretch? that's dedication? that's helping the team?
he's now five weeks behind in his rehabilitation.
Burzmali
07-14-2006, 12:50 PM
i feel their performances have nothing to do with ensberg's performance.
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Nice dodge.
Bobblehead
07-14-2006, 12:53 PM
Ensberg is a dishonest turd. He was thinking of himself first and not his team.
Remember, it's not the name on the back that matters...it's the name on the front!! I know...soooo cliche!!!!
Buck Turgidson
07-14-2006, 12:57 PM
Oh, and it may not be the smartest thing to play hurt, but I appreciate the dedication and toughness.
Agreed, to a point.
He walked into Phil Garner's office before the game and admitted his right shoulder had been killing him.
He was placed on the 15-day disabled list after the game.
No relief in sight
Ensberg did this only after trying everything else. He had taken one anti-inflammatory injection in the front of the shoulder and another in the back.
He had been on daily medication for almost a month.
Until Thursday, he had refused to acknowledge the pain. He had said players are never completely healthy during a season. He pushed on even when it was clear something was wrong.
"To not go out there when my team is struggling, I just didn't feel I could do that," he said. "I can look back on it now and realize I was hurt. I had some clarity about that during the (All-Star) break. When you're going through a season, you're just trying to play every day.
"You never feel great, so you keep going. I just couldn't do the things I normally do."
He'd done the same thing in 2004 and vowed he wouldn't make the same mistake twice. He lied.
"This was just like 2004," he said.
Hopefully he's learned something *this time*...
"I was seeing the ball great. My mechanics were fine. I just couldn't get the bat into the hitting zone quickly enough."
Hence the "Land of a Thousand Stances" routine.
Buck Turgidson
07-14-2006, 12:58 PM
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/justice/baseball/4046271.html
DaDakota
07-14-2006, 01:20 PM
I hope he gets some PT to prove himself, he has some significant pop in his bat...but I don't think Luke gets off the bench except for the occasional Sunday start.
DD
Nice dodge.
how is it a dodge? they're independent of one another. or do you think we should cut ensberg slack for underperforming thus far because other teammates have also underperformed?
nobody has made ensberg the scapegoat; he was a big reason why they started hot; he's a big reason why they've cooled off since.
Burzmali
07-14-2006, 01:28 PM
how is it a dodge? they're independent of one another. or do you think we should cut ensberg slack for underperforming thus far because other teammates have also underperformed?
Did I say otherwise?
You have an enormous chubby for dissing Ensberg's slump, why not anybody else? I guess you must have taken him early on your fantasy team or something.
You're absurd and know as much about baseball as you do about football.
Did I say otherwise?
then what's your point?
You have an enormous chubby for dissing Ensberg's slump, why not anybody else?
uhm.... i'm thinking the thread's subject matter is ringing on line 2 of your clue phone - might want to pick it up.
but the difference in pettitte and lidge and ensberg is, imo, two-fold: 1) lidge and pettitte, especially, have a much longer, much better track record of success thans ensberg; 2) neither played five weeks of the season hurt and failed to tell anyone; nor has such action now spread to a third consecutive year.
(don't play fantasy baseball, btw)
You're absurd and know as much about baseball as you do about football.
but my VORP (value of replacement poster) is still third-best among houston-based internet sites, rendering my actual knowledge of both football and baseball irrelevant.
rrj_gamz
07-14-2006, 04:36 PM
This is a good thing, but the injury excuse...It took him a month to decide, oh, that's why I suck...
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