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Read: Life on the DL for Reyes and Church

by Matthew Cerrone on May 29th, 2009 at 10:09 am

David Lennon of Newsday posts an interesting report on how a player will deal with being on the disabled list, specifically Jose Reyes and Ryan Church, who talk to Lennon about the experience.

“You feel like you’re an outcast,” Church told Lennon.  “You can only do so much.  I know you still have to be out there, cheering guys on.  But it hurts inside that you can’t go out and play.”

i missed most of my junior year in high school after having ACL surgery on my right knee, back then it was an 18–month rehab… even that experience made me feel like an outcast, yet i can only imagine how much more intense it is for guys like church and reyes, who make their living playing baseball, and take pride in being teammates