Involuntary/Unplanned Rest
Thanks to a Third Baseman who can’t throw to First and a First Baseman who can’t stay out of the basepath I have had to take this week off. After I hit the ball to the third baseman he rushed his throw to first and pulled the first baseman directly in to my way. In order to avoid a nasty collision, his 270 lbs and my 225 lbs at a dead sprint would have been bad, I mistakingly lunged to the side of him. Upon doing so I landed directly on my left ankle that caught the lip between the grass and dirt of the basepath. My ankle did not feel it could support my weight under such a jarring impact and buckled completely, touching the ball of my ankle to the ground and making an audible popping sound. I finished catching the game and batted again, I actually got on by blooping a single over the third baseman. Obviously he did not know what he was doing since he was playing up anticipating a bunt even though I could hardly walk to the plate.
I finally was able to walk comfortably on it yesterday after getting a heavy duty brace from the doctor and some 500 mg Naproxen. If anything, having five days off has been good for me. I feel energized and ready to start hitting the weights again. The worst thing about jacking up my ankle is that I was going to go for 500 lbs on Deadlift this week. Hopefully I don’t have to wait too long until I can knock this out as it will be my personal best.
