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Out since Aug. 19 due to a concussion, Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer said Thursday that he’s not near returning to recreation action. With the Twins lengthy gone from the pennant race, no sense of urgency ought to stress Mauer back to the sector for the ultimate three weeks of the regular season. And that’s a very good factor, as a result of concussions are not to be taken evenly.
And yet, some aren’t taking a look at it that means. Mauer, one of many highest-paid players in Main League Baseball at $23 million yearly till 2018, finds himself in a no-win state of affairs. Why? As a result of a rising number of vocal Twins fans suppose the hometown boy is gentle and weak. Blogger Mighty Flynn at It is A Lengthy Season noticed the reaction to the latest Mauer news in the comments part of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. There’s not a whole lot of sympathy:
• “Because of this you BY NO MEANS comply with a long term HUGE greenback contract with a catcher. He’s been harm greater than he’s been on the field, oh and he can’t hit a HR to save his life any longer!”
• “What a China Doll.”
• “Why is it so important to keep him? He is a Florida resident with no want.”
• “Sorry, but given Mauer’s monitor report with well being it’s exhausting to not be skeptical of his pain tolerance. I know concussions are nothing to mess with, however you lose credibility whenever you cry wolf over 8+seasons every time you may have an ouchie.”
Not all the comments are like that, but the stage of derp of fantastic, given what occurred to Mauer’s former teammate, Justin Morneau, in 2010. That injury — which actually had been accumulating over time — took more than a 12 months to heal.
Ignorance abounds, as it may possibly anyplace, but web comment sections seem significantly weak to it.
But semi-anonymous fans in remark sections aren’t the one place Mauer is confronted with complaints. Twitter, sports-speak radio, Twin Cities columnists — even Target Discipline, the place Mauer has been booed at times — appear to be fomenting anti-Mauer sentiment. With people apparently unappreciative of what Mauer does, these are the standard complaints:
• Mauer makes too much cash, and the Twins can’t afford anybody else.
• Mauer doesn’t hit sufficient house runs or drive in enough runs.
• Mauer misses too many games because he says he is harm or his legs must be rested.
• Mauer doesn’t live in Minnesota in the offseason anymore.
Even if all of those criticisms were one hundred pc legitimate, it would not excuse the dearth of frequent sense, let alone humanity, in criticizing Mauer for not taking part in with an injured brain. Maybe the complainers have undiagnosed concussions.
Joe Mauer concussion preventing return — and internet commenters aren’t happy
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