[情報] Wells gets a break
官網的，看來終於要讓Wells休息了
不過應該只有一天而已
希望他的傷勢能盡快恢復
ARLINGTON -- The precedent has been set. Individual Blue Jays can feel free
to state their case, but they shouldn't expect to overturn the original
decision.
The honorable John M. Gibbons presided over a compelling appeal on Sunday,
shortly after deciding to give Vernon Wells his first day off this season.
Toronto's manager fully expected a debate from his center fielder, who also
serves as the team's union representative.
"We're going to give Vernon a day off," Gibbons told the assembled media,
moments before Wells arrived in the clubhouse. "He's probably not going to
like that, but we figure he can use one."
Sure enough, by the end of the media session, a glowering Wells stood in the
doorway to the manager's chambers. One by one, the reporters filed past him,
knowing exactly what was going to happen behind closed doors.
It wasn't a contentious conversation by any means. Wells just wanted to hear
his skipper's perspective and lobby a little bit to change his mind. A few
minutes later, he was back at his locker, prepared to brief the media on his
state of mind.
"It didn't last too long," he said about his lobby attempt. "He's trying to
get everybody a day off on this trip. Mine fell today."
The timing seems perfect, if not overdue. The 26-year-old has struggled with
a lingering rib injury over the last week, batting just 2-for-23 on the
current road trip. Despite those stats, he's been hitting the ball hard and
contributing his normal stellar defense, which explains the team's reluctance
to lose him -- even for a single game.
In his two fully healthy seasons, Wells averaged 160 games played. He made it
through just 134 in 2004, a product of a calf injury that caused a month-long
stint on the disabled list. The rib injury isn't expected to last long term,
but Gibbons said this was more of a procedural decision than one based on
Wells' physical condition.
"He needs a break," he said. "It's a day game after a night game, and mentally
, it could do him some good. Everybody needs [a day off] now and then."
Wells, Toronto's three-hole hitter and clubhouse leader, said he understood
the decision, even if he didn't agree with it.
"If I play more games than I did last year, it will be fine," he said.
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