Dodgers’ Andre Ethier placed on the disabled list
Article By AP on 18th May, 2010
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers weren't pointing fingers at each other at the end of April when a five-game losing streak put them six games out of first place. And now that they're back within striking distance of the NL West lead, the only finger that concerns them is Andre Ethier's broken right pinky.
Ethier was placed on the 15-disabled list Tuesday for the first time in his five-year career, four days after a freak mishap in the indoor batting cage at San Diego's Petco Park left him with a fracture in the top knuckle of his finger after it slipped off the knob and shifted to the other side of the bat handle.
"It's disappointing. I took pride in playing every day and playing through some of the nagging stuff," Ethier said. "This is a year that has challenged me more in terms of playing every day.
"There was the knee that held me out the last couple of games in spring training, and then there was the ankle thing in the second game of the season. Those are bigger things that you expect to hold you out, but a small little chip of a bone off your pinky, that was the last thing I thought about at this point."
The Dodgers made the move before their game against Houston, which happened to be Andre Either Bobblehead Night.
"Whenever you lose one of your beat hitters, obviously it's something that you've got to figure out a way to make up for," general manager Ned Colletti said. "He's a middle-of-the-order bat, and his ability to hit in the clutch is well above average."
Ethier has 11 walkoff hits since the end of the 2008 season, six of them home runs. His two game-ending hits this season were an RBI single on April 15 against Arizona and a grand slam on May 6 against Milwaukee.
"Individual performance is nice and definitely makes you feel a little bit better about yourself at the end of the night," Ethier said. &q...
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Ethier was placed on the 15-disabled list Tuesday for the first time in his five-year career, four days after a freak mishap in the indoor batting cage at San Diego's Petco Park left him with a fracture in the top knuckle of his finger after it slipped off the knob and shifted to the other side of the bat handle.
"It's disappointing. I took pride in playing every day and playing through some of the nagging stuff," Ethier said. "This is a year that has challenged me more in terms of playing every day.
"There was the knee that held me out the last couple of games in spring training, and then there was the ankle thing in the second game of the season. Those are bigger things that you expect to hold you out, but a small little chip of a bone off your pinky, that was the last thing I thought about at this point."
The Dodgers made the move before their game against Houston, which happened to be Andre Either Bobblehead Night.
"Whenever you lose one of your beat hitters, obviously it's something that you've got to figure out a way to make up for," general manager Ned Colletti said. "He's a middle-of-the-order bat, and his ability to hit in the clutch is well above average."
Ethier has 11 walkoff hits since the end of the 2008 season, six of them home runs. His two game-ending hits this season were an RBI single on April 15 against Arizona and a grand slam on May 6 against Milwaukee.
"Individual performance is nice and definitely makes you feel a little bit better about yourself at the end of the night," Ethier said. &q...
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