Freeman eye injury isn’t serious
Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman is being treated for a “very fine” corneal abrasion in his right eye and could be available as soon as Tuesday night’s game, general manager Frank Wren said.
Freeman had blurred vision during Monday’s game against Cincinnati and left after the seventh inning of the 3-1 loss.
Manager Fredi Gonzalez said after the game that the problem had only cropped up Monday and that Freeman tried two different pairs of contact lenses without any relief before leaving the game.
He was examined by the team’s eye specialist late Monday.
“It’s a very fine corneal abrasion,” Wren said Tuesday. “We’ll check him again this afternoon. The eye heals so fast. He could be available tonight or take another day, but it won’t be much longer than that.”
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McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 15th, 2012
11:44 am
Well, that’s good, it seems…
Didn’t know the team had an eye specialist…
tiger297
May 15th, 2012
11:52 am
yeah we had to get an eye specialist for our resident fatty (who also has bad eyes)…just a side benefit for the other players
just sayin'
May 15th, 2012
11:57 am
‘resident fatty’?….be nice, now…
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 15th, 2012
12:00 pm
lol tiger
TheOnlyBravesFan
May 15th, 2012
12:01 pm
We probably have a cardiologist on staff for McCann as well.
Dawgdad (The Original)
May 15th, 2012
12:08 pm
The eyes are the most important organ the players have. Bad eyesight equal poor contact with the baseball. They should have an eye specialist on duty. Good news about Freddie!
TK
May 15th, 2012
12:17 pm
Tiger – why do you feel compelled to make fun of McCann and his weight? Are you the picture of perfect health?
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 15th, 2012
12:22 pm
Dang, tiger…that was harsh, man…
Fastball
May 15th, 2012
12:24 pm
Need an eye specialist for Uggla to see the he needs to cover second base. I mean, what else does he have to do. Oh, stand there.
BravesQueen
May 15th, 2012
12:33 pm
Good to know! Can’t miss Freeman for too long.
TRIPLETHREAT
May 15th, 2012
12:37 pm
FASTBALL- LEARN SITUATIONAL DEFENSE BEFORE MAKING AN IRRESPONSIBLE COMMENT
JUST SAYING
AtrueBravesFan
May 15th, 2012
12:43 pm
Thank you TripleThreat. The runners were moving on the play so Pastornicky should have gone to first. We need to have a Talent specialist to teach Chad Durbin how to not suck so bad.
Michael Procton
May 15th, 2012
12:56 pm
I would suggest that most teams are probably contracted with some kind of local optometrist.
iTiSi
May 15th, 2012
1:03 pm
I would just like to know if the Braves have a proctologist on staff for “the old guy”.
Don Nottebart
May 15th, 2012
1:07 pm
Most are taught at an early level, that the play should have gone to first base. However, players should also be taught to not stand there and assume. Uggla had nothing else to do, so at 13.3 mil a year, run and cover the damn base. There could have been a bobble and the play might have to go elsewhere. Better safe than sorry. If nothing else, Uggla should have been yelling “1″ not just standing there, flexing his muscles.
southgabrave
May 15th, 2012
1:10 pm
WOW tiger! Jealous that you can’t play baseball as good as that fat catcher?
Tommy
May 15th, 2012
1:21 pm
Tiger needs to find a life. Shi Hu Tiger
Disbott3000
May 15th, 2012
1:23 pm
He’s not fat. He’s just big-boned. And I’m pretty sure your ass can’t do a quarter of what McCann’s can on the ball field, so you might want to reserve judgement. I mean, unless this is Johnny Bench or someone like that, in which case, hack away.
urban redneck
May 15th, 2012
1:24 pm
fat guy? andrew jones has been gone a while!!
glad to hear the news about FF. he’s gonna be a stud.
Tommy
May 15th, 2012
1:26 pm
@Disbott3000 I agree Yobosayo Go get him. Maybe he needs to find new team.
Ben Dover
May 15th, 2012
1:34 pm
3-2 count and 2 outs the runners are moving..groundball to short ; the play is at 1B
Chris
May 15th, 2012
1:38 pm
Wouldn’t have mattered if Uggla would have covered the base since the runners were moving on the 3-2 pitch, there was no play there at all as the runner was already at the base when Pastornicky’s toss went flying to no one. On a 3-2 count with 2 outs, you don’t cover the bag. Pastornicky made the error and knows he should have gone to first. Uggla has to stay put until the ball was hit, but he was playing more in the hole. He started moving towards second and wasn’t just standing there, but that’s not the point. The play is always at 1st. That was the only play. Tyler messed up and he knows it. We all move on. As for McCann, he lost 20 pounds again this offseason and doesn’t look fat at all, not sure where that came up. It’s not like he takes ice cream breaks with Livan between innings. Go Braves!
AtrueBravesFan
May 15th, 2012
1:54 pm
Pastornicky made a rookie mistake. We are still in good hands in the future at Shortstop though. Go Braves!!! P.S. We would have lost the game anyway with or without The Preacher’s error.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 15th, 2012
1:55 pm
Dang, y’all don’t have to crucify tiger! Just a little messin’ around…
Tommy
May 15th, 2012
1:57 pm
Anya Hashimika McFann. He started it.
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 15th, 2012
1:57 pm
Tommy—
Yeah, but he didn’t mean it—just likes to give me a hard time…
Tommy
May 15th, 2012
2:00 pm
OK Sorry
Orange Brave f/k/a Billy Jack's BBQ
May 15th, 2012
2:06 pm
I have met Tiger and thought he was in good shape at the time..
tiger297
May 15th, 2012
2:21 pm
yeah but that was a year ago and I’ve had lots of Que since then
thanks for the support McFann – don’t you love to see the support for your mann though (wish i could say that was my initial goal but hey even snarkiness has a benefit sometimes lol)
Tommy
May 15th, 2012
2:24 pm
@tiger297 Sorry for the insults. Did not know you was just funning with McFann. Sorry!!
tiger297
May 15th, 2012
2:31 pm
tommy – no worries most days I’m like sunday morning
McFann :Ô: :Ô:
May 15th, 2012
2:55 pm
No problem, tiger!
Oh yeah, I’m sure that was your goal all along… 
Younger Than That Now
May 15th, 2012
6:09 pm
Dawgdad (The Original)
May 15th, 2012
12:08 pm
“The eyes are the most important organ the players have.”
Ya sure about that!?! LOL!! Sorry, I couldn’t resist… love the username, BTW!
“Uggla should have been yelling “1″ not just standing there, flexing his muscles.”
How do you know that he wasn’t?
The play was at first, and as Pastornicky said… “no excuses”. A rookie mistake, plain and simple… not his first and more than likely, not his last.
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