According to MLB.com, David Wright cracked a toe nail while fouling a ball off his left foot in last night’s loss to Venezuela in the WBC.
Manager Davey Johnson said Wright tore the entire nail off his toe.
“I’ll be all right,” Wright said, who will play in the semifinals this weekend at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
“It’s a little sore… It’s tough to put weight on it.”
Wright had an X-ray following the game, which was negative.
In case you missed it, click play below to watch Wright’s walk off hit versus Puerto Rico on Tuesday night:
rest rest and more rest for all the WBC guys as soon as they are done
certain things never fail to make me cringe, and the thought of ripping off a nail is one of them
Agreed! How can ripping your toe nail off be classified as just, “Sore”?
This is something that is going to nag. he wont say anything but trust me… that toe is going to be sore for a month at minimum
I’m sure his toe will eventually be sore, but right now, that toe must be unbearable.
I actually had that happen to me once… not from a foul ball but from a kitchen drawer falling on my foot. Lost the nail on my big toe. OUCH…. It was sore for a few days for sure, but with proper care and protection David should be OK. He will need to keep it wrapped for a while, and it will be tender, but it will be OK. Just as long as there was no fracture or damage to the bone, that’s the main thing. The nail WILL grow back.
Just dont go fouling off any more balls on that foot, OK David !!!
Wow! David may very well end up wearing a shin guard that extends to his foot. I can imagine how tender and sore the toe may be. But, I really thought a ripped toe nail would be painful. Thankfully, as mentioned, X-rays were negative. No broken bones!
I officially hate the WBC!! everybody on the USA team is banged up.
Yeah, no way he could foul a ball off his foot in a Sprint training game!
yea, i am whole-heartedly against the wbc but this one’s kinda hard to blame on tournament. it would be one thing if he was busting it and pulled a hammy but this could have happened in spring training easily
Because no one ever pulled a hamstring in spring training either. lol
I think it’s one thing to get hurt playing for their respective teams, but it’s a different story getting hurt playing in the WBC.
so much for the term “tough as nails”…
I love watching that clip — I was at a bar when this happened… right before David was up at bat the bartender told me he didn’t serve Met fans (I was in a green Mets shirt for St. Patty’s) — after that hit, the bartender gave me a free round of beers while the bar cheered U S A.
i wish the season would just start already!
Was that before or after he grounded out and popped out with runners in scoring position?
sssshhhhhhh…. you can’t talk about his un-clutch moments in this blog..
I guess that means he is .333 with RISP. Not bad at all.
hahaha, careful with that, RISP doesn’t mean much here..
You know what i meant Alex
Just remember this …
With runners in scoring position, Wright has better career numbers than the player you worship. And in 1986, the player you worship popped out and was back in the clubhouse swigging a beer as the Mets staged their greatest “clutch” comeback in franchise history.
The swigging beer is all speculation, but funny. I love DW as much as any Met fan, but the frustration of the Mets’ leaving runners in scoring position over the last few years is building up. I know DW tries harder than most, but it seems that he is getting frustrated at the high pressure moments and changes his approach, which makes it worse.
I don’t think the beer drinking is speculation at all. I think Mex admitted to it. And, at any rate, he was back in the clubhouse at that point. He also has a worse career BA and OPS with runners in scoring position than Wright.
So it was just ironic that the player you worship is not any better than the one you were bashing.
And I’m not sure what the frustration has to do with your original post. All the players were frustrated the last two years, and especially at the bullpen.
I was saying that the part about Mex drinking beer during the comeback was speculation. Lord knows he partied back then, which is well documented.
Nonethelss, it is a fair point that DW has better numbers in those situations.
However, David’s numbers are going down in that area, which may be a concern. I want DW to succeed. If I had to pick, I would want David batting in those situations more than anyone else on the team. But, he seems to get out of his game during those at bats sometimes.
LOL, yeah, I know that’s what you were saying. But he’s said himself he was in Davey Johnson’s office drinking a beer and watching the game on the TV after he popped out.
As for trends, the sample size in years is too small to say there’s a clear trend for Wright. And his numbers actually went up from 2005 to 2006 w-RISP. So I don’t think there is anything to worry about.
How dare you ask that question?? Don’t you consider yourself a true met fan?
True, I’m no true Met fan, I suppose.
Mex, you know I was being sarcastic, right?
The few people (the core) who question the team or say Wright is not clutch are labeled as not being true met fans. Get ready for the battles coming your way if you question wright.
Yea, I figured you were being sarcastic, it made me laugh. The criticism of DW was actually a little sarcastic in my original post, also. I’m a huge Met fan, but I also get frustrated when they fail (or colapse) like the rest of the fans here.
Yes…thankfully the stupidity, emotion-based, bias opinions are only subject to a few people…
(the toe thing)
LOL ok, nevermind my comment than
I guess my username doesnt make much sense now.
Luis Sojo also said, “K-Rod will not play” before last night’s game. It was 10-6 in the 9th, and in came Rodriguez….
And in a game with no real meaning
yea i saw that. But the announcers said that technically the Ven team will have like 3 days off and it was just an effort for krod to get some work in…not to mention a 10-6 game im sure played a part in that decision
Tough guy Wright….
That video is awsome..i love how they look like a bunch of grown kids…jeters and youks faces are priceless
The Nationals signed free-agent LHP Joe Beimel to a one-year, $2 million”
so we couldn’t sign a good reliever, lefty specialist who can also get righties out for 2 million and we give out 2 million to a over the hill pathetic middle infielder??
wow..
Alex, Beimel stinks man. Why do you wanna pay a LOOGY 2 mil? Hes not even a real LOOGY
Vs Lefties last year
.278/.330
boy you are really upset at this cora thing…are you mad they pa-s-sed you up for the job and 2 mil? I think they should try to get ohman but like alot of people said here already..if you got a guy that can do the same thing but for way less money, why spend it. Apparently the mets have people THEY feel can do the same job that beimel could for way less $$.
ok whatever.. how can you say that and defend cora when he’s a poor man’s castillo? he does the same thing castillo does, slap the ball around and play mediocre defense at 2B!.. fine dirty.. think what u will and come seee me around june..
FIne, you dont like Cora, ok no problem, but how can you advocate a signing like Beimel?
2.02 ERA… that’s all i gotta say..
Vs Lefties last year
.278/.330
and a 1.45 WHIP Alex, thats all i gotta say.
because frankly he is an improvment to the alternative…would you perfer awful reyes huh..and after him there is nobody that is even close to MLB ready and it would be unfair to rush them. Yes 2mil is alot but we need a good contigency plan for when castillo goes down than to have easley who was a good player but also had injury problems. Nobody is saying he is a superstar alex ja dejate eso bro….
I saw Cora make some pretty nifty plays at SS in the WBC the other night. Although I think he was something like 0 for 3 that night.
Wright is certainly a player that it would be very hard for us to do without. Let’s see if the USA can as an experiment instead of us. The guy has lost his entire toenail and he’s gonna keep playing with the start of a long season where we have no meaningful replacement for him. I don’t need to be a doctor to see that this is wrong. Being tough, macho, patriotic or whatever won’t minimize the risk that going any further will do to the Mets. I’m sure the doctors have ways to deal with this and keep the guy on the field and if this was the World Series or September with the winter looming it would be one thing, but this is the WBC. There has to be a point where Wright, Omar and all of us decide if our loyalty is to the US team, WBC, MLB or the NY Mets. Mine is ONLY with the Mets. The problem always for the Mets is that they have too many folks involved in the decisionmaking and too much of their fanbase that doesn’t have the NY Mets as Priority #1.
The WBC needs to eliminate these useless seeding games. Have the seeding determined by something like run differential. Then eliminate some of the off days and you have a 10-day tourney instead of 2+ weeks. A shorter tournament also makes it more feasible for November.
And they need to increase rosters. And what the hell is someone like Latroy Hawkins doing on the U.S. team? That’s like a death wish.
Agreed, I would not even care about a seeding game. Just forfiet the thing and get ready to play.
Agreed, I would not even care about a seeding game. Just forfiet the thing and get ready to play”
didn’t you see how excited where mets fans to know david got a clutch hit for USA yest??
why forfiet it man..
alex…no sea boboso. You know damn well yesterdays game was uneccisary. If the rain would have continued and they would have had to call the game, Veni team would be #1 seed. Why not just do it that way and save some time in the WBC.
Wright’s hit didnt come in a seeding came, it actually came in an elimination game Alex.
lol @ baboso,
it was a “clutch” hit nonetheless right.. what’s the point whether it was elimination or not.. and if it was raining they should’ve stopped the game period!
Alex are you serious?
omg 718, what u want me to say??
i get mix feeling about what ppl want here, some like the WBC, others don’t but as soon as dwright had that “clutch” hit everybody hereloved the WBC.. please..
Alex the point was about Wrights hit. It came in a meaning full game. People here wnt to eliminate the seeding game and just seed the teams a different way. No one wanted to forfeit Wrights hit.
see above what the “president” said?
forfieting the WBC would forfiet his hit right??
No, he wanted to forfiet the seeding game, not the WBC.
ask him if he wanted the WBC from the get go and he said no, why when he uses the word forfiet doesn’t make me think he means the WHOLE WBC?? stop defending this guy..
“Agreed, I would not even care about a seeding game. Just forfiet the thing and get ready to play.” thats what he said
Alex im not defending, but if you read his sentence its obviosly clear he was reffering to the seeding game.
agreed. Especially on a night like last night that it didnt stop raining…
Well its all about participation. From what i understand, some players need to be on like a waiting list, just in case something happens to the starter. Sort of what happened with pedrioa and roberts. From what i heard with the MLB announcers, Davey has NO BENCH. Davey only has the backup catcher and thats it. Also the rules prohibiting the use of players on certian days also play a role. Im sure if davey had it his way, Hawkins wouldnt pick up a ball.
dirty, why is Hawkins even on the team? He was released by the Yankees last season he was so bad. He shouldn’t even be on a contingency roster. If it’s because they were so hard up for U.S. pitchers to participate because either they or their teams nixed the idea, then they should move the tournament to November. If it’s held then, clubs would be less concerned about injuries to players because they’d have 4 month
… 4 months to recover.
and thus the issue with participation carver. I agree 100% they should move it to november but i think MLB is still gaguing this thing and seeing if its worth while. Hawkins was awful for the yanks but i guess given the rules(im not 100% sure) about using pitchers on consecutive days played a part in seeing hawkins last nite.
I’m not sure teams would want their star pitchers throwing pitches in November after a long season and a full Spring Training/exhibition season.
At least now, the pitches they throw are only in place of the pitches they would be throwing during Spring Training. Pitches in November would be additional pitches.
My preference would also be for November but I don’t see it happening.
Wanny, I think the teams have much more concern with a pitcher getting hurt throwing at max effort in March than they would in November. In November, they are still in shape, more or less, and a one-week camp before the start of a November tourney will help ensure that any rust can be shaken off.
With the timing now, too many players are barred from participating — Santana, Lincecum, Hamels, Sabathia, Nathan, Papelbon, Halladay, Lidge, Pujols, etc.
i hear you wanny but then poeple get mad at sojo for letting ollie throw 85 pitches. Its a problem no matter what. I think maybe november or december would be ok since it would give them time to recover after a long season. Only problem is that is the HEART of FA time and there might be an issue with an agent and his players participating. No matter when they play its going to be a problem. I am in agreement it should be in november as most players play some sort of winterball or workout.
I agree that there is no right time. And I also agree with VCarver that there’s a difference between max effort pitching and something less than that.
I am just guessing that with the current craze over innings limits, pitch counts, etc. that teams would prefer that pitchers not add any additional pitches.
I don’t know which way the science and the medicine would be more appropriate in the debate.
I can tell you that Vinny Castilla probably ruined any chance of Oliver Perez ever piching for Mexico again. Even Oliver said it was too many pitches for him at the time.
Ive had a cracked name when a concrete slab fell on my bare foot. Its a naging injury that takes some time to heal. Eventually the toe nail turns black and falls off. This happened to me 10 yesars ago and I am still unable to grown a nail without it falling off again.
Im scared that this will affect Davids play….I hope not.
That slab must have hit you pretty hard to have cracked your name.
Yeah…Blood everywhere…very painful…Wright will take some time to heal
Like I said yesterday Dirty. I have no intentions in getting into silly arguements. The time for REAL baseball is here. Why be troubled with nonimportant issues?
Agreed. I Just hope these bs arguments are a product of the offseason and when the real season starts, we can engage in meaningful debate and discussion. This is getting draining.
It won’t happen with me anymore. I am going to try and go on a diet of no more post for posters obviously trying to get attention in their attention starved life.
i wish others would follow the example. Stop giving people the attention they are so DESPRITLY craving and hopefully they will stop. Unfortunatly too many people get baited with these trolls.
The problem is when someone says somehting really stupid, and they mean it, you cant help but make them feel dumb.
The thing is I really wanted to resist calling them a troll but after the post and circumstances of the last few days, you have to wonder.
Dirty,
Its hard not to reply to a 14 team 2378 player trade.
right i agree 718 and im not talking about that. Of course you can weigh in your opinion on stuff like that, but when you have 2 or 3 people jsut posting “sign manny” and people respond saying shut up or something negative, your just giving them the attention they wanted in the first place. Then you have others forming a group because their ideas are contested…while alex contends he was joking…to constantly keep bringing it up speaks to the conrary. I like this blog and ill keep posting but its getting a bit childish as i posted yesterday and nobody can debate that.
You are 100% right
dirty,
loco, please don’t get like TRS, u can’t expect all mets fan to be happy and giddy, plus, is what i have been saying for a long time, i like dwright, it was TRS who said i hated him and all his groupies follow trough, look dirty u cool and i like u, pero to call someone childish coz they don’t agree wit you post is nonsense, no seas como ese jerk k para mi thinks he’s the president of the blog..
ay dios mio
Then you have others forming a group because their ideas are contested”
dirty, it was me who said the joke about the core, i didn’t know it was gonna spread out like that..
why get defensive alex. I was not calling YOU childish. I was refereing to the people who blaitently post to get attention. Yes you have your views on wright that the majority of us disagree with and its duely noted, but at least you try to defend your point. I was ribbing real before about the president thing but it gets tiring rehashing the same arguments over and over again. Idk i guess i just would like there to be more constructive debates rather half a day fighting about it and insulting each other about their ideas. I respect that you defend your points alex as much as we may disagree about them, but ellos that write stupid stuff for attention…plz
i got you dirty, and the more i’m in this blog makes me realize and learn who are true fans and not, also who to respect and who to take as ajoke, kingman, you, grave so far have really earn my respect becoz u got a different view but u engaged in debate respectfully, not calling out others or by trying to embarrased them, also those ppl need to look at themselve, becoz just like “trolls” they act like jackas-ses..
Alex, what happened to me?
718,
you cool man, ur in my cool book, there’s those i respect, those i’m cool with coz i can joke with (that’s where you are) and those who i dislike becoz they think they run the blog and all they want is harmony and act like jerks when someone disagree wit their stupid posts..
ight ight
Another difficulty in ignoring the trolls is that certain ones manage to invade each and every individual thread within the topics.
This meaningless tournament can’t end fast enough
I have changed my mind on this. It is not meaningless but the timing is TERRIBLE.
Thats the problem, there’s no real good timing.
I think Novemeber following the WS but before Thanksgiving would be perfect.
I like that idea too, but dont you think that the players will be exausted and out of gas come november?
yes there is. November or december is a good time for this. Only problem is football season. Now what i think MLB is doing is trying to gague the base on this WBC thing and depending on the outcome, they will eventually move it to the winter months after the season to increase participation and keep players in shape. I just think the WBC is in testing mode and they will eventually change the timing of it, given all the debatable opposition
Why do the anti-wright contingent say they are not picking on Wright but are the first to pick on him today?
Guys like alex, mr bill and the mex fan need to get a life and stop obsessing over Wright.
what did i say vcarver??
i was the first one who posted about his injury, what did i say??
Alex, I think you JOKED about mex’s comment as I did too and Carver got sensitive.
jajajajajaja, about that clutch thing above?? man.. this ppl here are amazing..
I wasn’t necessarily referring to you in particular there but to the anti-Wright group who are the first to pick on Wright at every opportunity.
Why the obsession?
Oh, you mean the core??
lmao, mrbill, i didn’t know 1 comment like that would get out of hand soooooo quickly??
Alex, this is for you…
Friday, February 27, 2009
You can hear it in David Wright’s voice. It kills him to talk about this, about how he seemed to morph from one of baseball’s best clutch hitters into someone who couldn’t deliver for the Mets when it counted most last season.
Part of him surely wants to publicly dismiss his ugly clutch numbers in 2008 as fluky, Still, he knows that won’t fly, in part because two straight September collapses by the Mets mean having to grit your teeth and live with the fallout, even being called chokers by Cole Hamels.
So Wright, ever accountable, stands at his locker and tries to make some sense of what went wrong. he hit only .243 with runners in scoring position, .259 with runners on third and less than two outs and .235 with the bases loaded.
Wright shrugs at the discrepancy.
What core?
thank you mrBill,
here’s something for you:
high leverage: .324 .420 .477 in 110 at bats.. i still don’t now what this means but that’s what ppl use here so i just wanted to post it out there… watch now as everyone will come in his defend
Carver, why is there a problem when making a comment about DW. Like I posted above, DW is one of my favorite players, but why is it so bad to vent about situations that occur? The Mets have choked the last few years, and it’s frustrating. Showing that frustration doesn’t make someone less of a Mets fan or less intelligent.
Showing that frustration doesn’t make someone less of a Mets fan or less intelligent.
Mex, sadly for some people on this site it does. Ask me or alex.243
The problem is the way some of you are obsessed with putting an undue amount of blame for the “collapse” on Wright when the bullpen was the overwhelming culprit and no one was very clutch in September due to that putrid bullpen.
I can’t understand this obsession with blaming Wright when he was the least of their problems.
Didn’t you just say this a few hrs ago??????
VCarver says:
March 19, 2009 at 10:07 am
dirty, you are right. I will no longer engage one of the drunken pre-teens (alex, mr bill, mex fan) in a pointless debate.
Congrats on being able to read. Now what’s your point?
Guys like alex, mr bill and the mex fan need to get a life and stop obsessing over Wright.
And why don’t you get a life and stop obssesing over alex and I?
And he went to right field….Jerry must be so proud.
And why don’t you get a life and stop obssesing over alex and I?
LOL, no one would obsess over fans like you two.
We’re just replying to the lies some of you like to repeat.
Vcarverm i agree, its lik ebeing at a bar and you hear someone bad mouthing the Mets, or Giants, or whatever team you follow, no matta how stupid the comment i always feel the need to call em out.
right but at a certian time you realize those guys are probably drunk and its pointless to try and debate them. Thats the problem here. People get baited into defending the mets non stop when frankly they are not going to change their minds. Why keep rehashing the same thing. Be the bigger person and just ignore and engage in a much more interesteing debate rather than one you can cut and paste the argument from one of the last 100 threads from this blog because you will get the same outcome.
True
Agreed Dirty.
dirty, you are right. I will no longer engage one of the drunken pre-teens (alex, mr bill, mex fan) in a pointless debate.
Agreed, comment section has survived a lot of them and it will when they are gone. I wil not refer to them or respond to them from here on.
I will no longer engage one of the drunken pre-teens (alex, mr bill, mex fan) in a pointless debate”
ok viginia carver..
ok viginia carver..
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
You know you are right, but one of the goofs made a good point. If we never responded to their attention seeking post, no one on here would even know who they were. Thus, I will not waste my time again. Too much to look forward to this season and too many educated posters on here to debate quality issues with.
Too much to look forward to this season and too many educated posters on here to debate quality issues with.
educated….. lol
mrBill, don’t copy and paste man.. is not allowed here..
I am allowed… I’m the black mamba, remember? Haaaa
haaa, you should bite some of the ppl in here who think they run the blog.. 4.5 hours and they be gone!!
Nah, i don’t wanna waste my precious venom…. lol
lamou are a riot man.. that core thingy needs to be in placed man, after seeing how we get attack here for NO reason other than speaking our mind made me change my mind as to why the core needs to be present..
SI! Que viva el CORE!
jajaja, we need to recruit some anti jerks who think they run the blog ppl in the core and we’ll be fine..
you see alex…you say your joking but looking at that comment right there leads me to believe your not kidding and you post ealier kinda confirms it.
dirty, toy relajando, tu sabes bien que estoy relajando, is to just hit the nerve in some ppl.. what is wrong with the core of the mets? nothing, so i just made that up out of pure fun.. relax..
bueno el otro sabe k tu ta relajando? porque el ta siguendo tu coro…
dirty, los dos estamos relajando, lo k pasa es k nosotros relajamos con dwright y l;a gente aki se killa, por k tu sabes k hay mucha gente que esta enamorado de david aqui..
Let’s get Wright outta there
I’m not a fan of the WBC either, Kistics. But Wright could just have easily fouled a ball off his foot in the Pt. St. Lucie batting cage.
Alex, I semi-lied. I will make one more post in reference to you. I posted it yesterday and I hope you understand where I am coming from. If not, I really don’t care anymore. I have wasted a lot of time that I can’t get back.
therealsince86 says:
March 18, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Alex, I am sure you or Mr. Bill are lurking somewhere. Thanks for continuing to call me out when I was not here. I hope it helped to make your pointless posts better. As I mentioned earlier today, it may be best if we just do not respond to each other or refer to each other again. You can take yourself and the head of mr. bill and have as many anti-wright parties as you would like. Baseball season is almost here. I am a happy man and do not need that to be ruined by a 12 year old. Good luck on becoming a man.
awwwwwww, did i hit a nerve?? when u become a man yourself you can come talk to me, ur the one who keep bringing me into ur posts, i could care less about what u think, i called you out like that coz u do the same, when i need to say something to you i say to your face, i don’t be hiding out into other ppl’s post to call someone out. when u a man u talk to me..
Dear Mr. Bill and Alex,
blah blah… lol
sincerely..
thereal yada yada yada
LMAO.. i am having fun like crazy at all.. btw, u got ur final four picks made up already??
it’s been fun yesterday and today……. my pick to win it all is North Carolina….
me too, but i am in 2 brackets and i pick them and pittsburgh on the other bracket..
Pittsburgh and louisville…
I actually got UNC and louisville in one and UCONN and PITT on the other..
UCONN or Memphis… either way…I’ve heard a lot of people have picked Gonzaga but idunno…
Alex, I am sure you or Mr. Bill are lurking somewhere.
Oh yeah, like you never lurk. I’ve read comments from you about me when I am not around and you know what. I DONT CARE….
When you start practicing what you preach you’ll some credibility.
why u think i call him what i call him?? i’ve been reading mets blog for almost a year full, and to be honest he’s treated some ppl here like garbage, and always he needed to have the last word and it was final.. please, not wit me..
alex–I am retired from a lot of posting for a while, but I saw your VERY nice compliment to me above, putting me in with Grave who I REALLY respect and like and the very cool Dirty, and I just wanted to say thank you. I like you too.
And have a great day everyone!
LET’S GO METS!!
Brock, your leaving us?
no problem kingman, hope u come back to us soon man!!!!
LET’S GO METS!!!
Half listening to NPR this morning and a report about a man who knocked his toenail off. It grew back cracked, which was a bit troubling. He got some kind of horse hoof ointment, which healed crack. Manicurist told him he has great nails now.
Can’t believe news has turned away from AIG to toenails.
All of this is hilarious. When are you guys finally going to discuss the METS?
When are you guys finally going to discuss the METS?
When the articles get interesting…. toenails? really? lol
toenails? really? lol
LMAO!!!
fair enough
lol good one bill
Gracias Dirty…
is funny mrbill, if u would’ve complited the phrase in spansih would’ve sounded offensive.. lol gracias sucio.. jajaja
haaaa
lmaooo
I am a both a fan and supporter of the World Baseball Classic, but not at the expense of my favorite team’s third baseman. I was upset at Davey throughout last night’s game for not having taken Wright out. That loss did not matter much as we’re headed to the semifinals regardless of the outcome. With that said, a win in a meaningless game is not worth losing our third baseman for ANY period of time. Shame on you, Davey; shame!