Nishioka breaks leg on Swisher's hard slide
Swisher為了破壞double play硬往Nishioka的腳滑然後就把人家的腿撞斷了...
Nishioka:感謝他call我,他不必這麼做的..
有沒有八卦洋基球員常把別人撞進DL?
NEW YORK -- The differences between the big league baseball played in this
country and the professional ball in Japan are not always subtle. Some are
merely pleasant nuances that barely distinguish one game from the other.
Others, though, are sharp contrasts that do set one apart from the other and
sometimes make for danger.
So it was Thursday afternoon, when the Twins lost a game and their Japanese
second baseman, Tsuyoshi Nishioka. Playing his sixth game in the big leagues
after seven-plus seasons in Japan, Nishioka suffered a fractured bone in his
lower left leg when he was knocked to the turf of Yankee Stadium near second
base by an uncommonly hard, but clean slide by Yankees right fielder Nick
Swisher.
The victim, the alleged perpetrator and almost everyone else who witnessed
the play in the seventh inning of the Twins' 4-3 loss said Swisher was
innocent of wrong doing. Indeed, Nishioka characterized Swisher's slide as "a
"professional play" as he sat in the visiting clubhouse adjacent to a pair of
crutches. And Twins manager Ron Gardenhire dismissed speculation that intent
was an element in the slide.
"Swisher's a clean player. It was a good slide," the manager said. "That's
not an issue at all."
At the same time, though, Twins coach Jerry White, who played two seasons in
Japan, said the impact of the play made it quite different from what he
recalled from his experiences in the Far East. "There," White said, "if you
get hit by a pitch, the pitcher says, 'Sorry, sorry, sorry. ...' They don't
play the same way. You probably wouldn't see a slide like that. And you can
get used to that."
White said he didn't recall Nishioka experiencing problems at second base
during Spring Training or in the first games of the regular season. But he
did say Nishioka "seemed to straddle the base longer than usual."
Moreover, Nishioka played mostly shortstop in Japan last year. Previously he
had won Gold Gloves at shortstop and second base playing for the Chiba Lotte
Marines, the team managed by Bobby Valentine.
Straddling was not an element in the play Thursday, but a lack of urgency in
avoiding contact may have been. Nishioka indicated through his interpreter
that the type of slide wasn't uncommon in Japan. But baseball people familiar
with the game in both countries often have noted that so-called takeout
slides are not routine in Japan. And for that matter, the kind of hard slide
Swisher executed is increasingly uncommon in the big leagues. His slide was
out of the Don Baylor-Frank Robinson-Hal McRae playbook.
"I wasn't trying to hurt him. I was trying to break up the double play,"
Swisher said. "I didn't mean to do it." He contacted Nishioka in the visiting
clubhouse and expressed that. The 26-year-old rookie said "He didn't need [to
call]. I appreciate the call."
Swisher was the baserunner at first base when Mark Teixeira hit a ground ball
to third baseman Danny Valencia. "The throw [to second] caught him a little
flat-footed," Gardenhire said. Nishioka moved to the infield side of the base
after making his unsuccessful relay to first. Swisher had slid on his right
hip, his left leg well off the ground. His leg made contact with Nishioka's
lower left leg. The impact was obvious and, in retrospect after Nishioka
remained on the ground, a tad gruesome.
The club said his left fibula had been cracked about eight inches below the
knee and to the outside of the leg. It provided no prognosis or a sense of
how severe the break is, and the Twins had made no immediate decisions about
how they would replace Nishioka. Later, there were indications that Triple-A
second baseman Luke Hughes would be recalled. Matt Tolbert had replaced
Nishioka on Thursday.
Swisher appeared upset when Nishioka was helped off the field by the trainer
and his interpreter. He said the brief conversation eased his mind. "He told
me it wasn't my fault," Swisher said. "That made me feel better. ... He said,
'I didn't get out of the way.'"
So the Twins left New York for their opening home game uncertain who will bat
and play second.
Nishioka said he never had suffered a break previously and vowed to return as
quickly as possible.
"It's pretty sad," Gardenhire said. "We have to look at it as a minor
setback. We'll get him better, we'll be OK. He likes to play. He must've told
me a thousand times that he plays hurt."
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