Tigers Player Infante On the DL

The Detroit Tigers placed second baseman Omar Infante on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday. The team
recalled 22 year old infielder Hernan Perez from Double-A Erie. The Tigers had been hoping to avoid putting Infante on the list. The move is retroactive to July 4th and Infante will be eligible for activation after the All-Star break.
The injury occurred during the game against the Toronto Blue Jays a week ago Wednesday when Infante was hit hard by Toronto's Colby Rasmus, who was sliding into second base.
Tigers Manager Jim Leyland expects Infante to be better after the All-Star break. Infante is hitting .309 with six home runs and 27 RBIs in 76 games this season.
Perez made his major league debut last month, playing two games for the Tigers. His record is similar to Infante's, posting .300/.324//422 for Double-A Erie. He has 28 doubles and stolen 24 bases in 31 attempts this season.
Reference: USA Today and CBS Sports
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Magic's Glen Davis Has Another Foot Surgery

Poor "Big Baby" Glen Davis. He was having the best season of his career and then he fractured his left foot.

The injury happened just minutes into the January 30th game against the New York Knicks. He needed surgery to repair the fracture, which caused him to miss the rest of the 2012-13 season.
Hopes were high he would have a full recovery and return quickly to basketball related activities. However, Davis suffered a setback while working out at his alma mater LSU. At the time the Globe speculated "this latest tweak may cause him to take most of the summer off."
On Monday Davis had surgery to replace the screw that was put during the first surgery. The Magic announced that Davis will resume basketball related activities later in the summer in a statement: "Glen Davis underwent a surgical procedure today to replace the screw in his left foot. Davis originally suffered a left foot fracture of the 5th metatarsal during a game against the New York Knicks on January 30th, 2013. He is expected to resume basketball-related activity later this summer."
According to Davis's agent, John Hamilton, "He's just been having some discomfort. It made sense for us to get it checked, and that's what we did."
The surgery was performed by Dr. Robert B. Anderson, a podiatrist in North Carolina.
"He doesn't anticipate problems going forward," Hamilton said. "We just need to give it time to heal properly."
In just 34 games last season Davis averaged 15.1 points per game, 7.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists in 31.3 minutes. In Davis's six professional seasons, these were his career-highs. Before left with his injury, the Magic were 13-21 and after he left the team finished 7-41.
References: Rotoworld, CBS Sports, and Orlando Sentinal.
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Ateneo's Ravena Out With Ankle Sprain

After missing Sunday's game against rivals the De La Salle Green Archers, Ateneo star guard Kiefer Ravena
is out for at least two weeks with an ankle sprain.
Coach Bo Pearsol said Ravena is "still recovering from a severe ankle sprain and is listed as day to day."
Ravena did not play in last Wednesday's game against the Far Eastern University, which the Tamaraws won, 79-75 in overtime. It was the first time in his UAAP basketball career he missed a game.
Ravena's doctor, Randy Molo told Spin.ph's Snow Badua the Blue Eagle's most prized player suffered a Grade 3 ankle sprain. The following quote has a lot of Filipino jargon, but you'll get the gist of it! "The most severe kind yung (ankle) injury niya. It's a recoverable injury kaya lang time frame wise it will take a bit longer than a Grade 1 type (of sprain)," Molo said.
Typically the injury takes four weeks to heal, but since Ravena will be on his second week of the injury on Sunday, the 19 year old amateur basketball player will have just two weeks left in his recovery.
Molo compared this injury to that of San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker, who had a similar injury. Parker was out of the NBA for four weeks.
Pearsol said Ravena is listed as "day-to-day" because of the sprain. Molo added, "When somebody's status is day-to-day, anything goes. Meaning, he can come back this day or he can come back at a later date."
Reference: ABS-CBNNews, ABS-CNNews
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Oscar Taveras Out Of Futures Games

Oscar Taveras has been dealing with a right high ankle sprain for more than eight weeks now, and rightly so,

he's getting frustrated.
The St. Louis Cardinals' top outfield prospect sustained the sprain in May when he slid awkwardly into second base. He has continued to have problems since suffering the injury, reaggravating the injury on June 23rd, and landing on the disabled list for the second time about two weeks ago at Triple-A Memphis because of recurring ankle discomfort. There is no timetable for his return to the Redbirds.
The Cardinals do not currently have a need for an outfielder and will likely play it safe with this potential star. This means the 21 year old will spend a bit of time on the disabled list.
It also means Taveras will not be able to participate in the Futures Games. Taveras and second baseman Kolten Wong were selected to represent the Cardinals for the second straight year in the All-Star break's annual prospective's showcase. Wong will be the only one going to the Future Games this year, as it is unlikely Taveras will be off the disabled list before the games begin.
Taveras, who has missed more than a month total with the injury, is batting .307. He has been rehabbing at the team's complex in Jupiter, Florida, where he had been running and doing baseball activities.
References: NBC Sports, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Minnesota Lynx's Augustus Out With Ankle Sprain

The Minnesota Lynx were without their star scorer Semione Augustus last night in the game against the Atlanta Dream because of an ankle sprain.
A Lynx official confirmed on Monday that Augustus sprained her left ankle and would be out indefinitely.  She had an MRI on Monday morning, which revealed the damage.
Augustus sustained the injury during the second quarter of Sunday's 91-59 win against the Phoenix Mercury when she attempted to chase down a loose ball while defending DeWanna Bonner's layup with 7:01 left in the quarter. She did not return to the game. Forward Maya Moore (former Husky!) stepped in for Augustus and scored 23 points.
Augustus entered the game ranked 13th in the WNBA with 16.3 points per game and left Sunday's game with eight points.
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve said after Sunday's win, "We need our players to step up to be successful. And this team knows how to do that."
Reference: Twin Cities and Star Tribune
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Foot Injury Ends Andrew Miller's Season

Lefthander Andrew Miller has been a surprise member of the Boston Red Sox's bullpen this season.

Unfortunately, he was told Monday that his season is over because he needs surgery on his left foot.
Dr. George Theodore, a foot specialist, diagnosed Miller with the dreaded Lisfranc injury. It was determined that Miller has a torn ligament between bones in the middle of his foot. Miller has decided to get a second opinion before scheduling surgery, but the Red Sox do not believe the diagnosis will change.
Miller sustained the injury when he replaced Ryan Dempster in the seventh inning of Saturday's game and faced just one batter before going down with the injury. He came in to pitch with one out in the seventh and threw a wild pitch to J. B. Shuck at the plate, which allowed Chris Iannetta to take second base. Shuck then singled to center field and Miller jumped off the mound and headed to home to play a potential play. Miller fell to the ground in pain and grabbed his foot.
Miller was helped off the field by John Farrell and the team's trainer and looked like he couldn't put any weight on his left foot. After the game Farrell said Miller sustained a foot injury and was having X-rays done at the hospital, but that was the only information available.
When asked the significance of the loss, Farrell said, "Very. Given the way he's pitched and the importance of that power lefthander in the bullpen, it is."
Miller is currently third on the team with 37 appearances with a 2.64 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP. Over 30 innings he has struck out 48.
Miller was once a first-round pick of the Detroit Tigers but struggled with command early in his career and was traded twice. The Red Sox however showed patience with the 6 foot 7 inch lefty by first starting him and then placing him in the bullpen, changing his mechanics.
This season has been Miller's best in the Majors, with him proving reliable in late innings.
"Obviously on a personal level, it's disappointing and from a team perspective we'll miss him," said Craig Breslow, now the only left handed pitcher in the bullpen. "This team has shown we're pretty resilient and we've had to overcome some key injuries. This is another one. We have no option but to keep on moving forward.
"Andrew been trending upward the last couple of years at a pretty rapid pace. His potential has been documented and he was finally realizing. It's got to be a tough blow for him."
Farrell agrees: "He was well on his way to becoming a dominant lefthanded reliever."
References: Boston Globe and NESN.
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Core Workouts For Runners

Having a strong core is just as important as having strong legs or endurance for distance running.
Your core muscles are comprised of the postural muscles, which are the muscles of the hips, back, and stomach. These are the muscles that help us stand upright, distribute the stress of bearing weight on two legs, and transfer energy. Core muscles are especially important in distance running when fatigue sets in during the latter stages of a race. The stronger we are, the longer we can hold our running form.
Here are some simple exercises to help strengthen your core.

1. Basic Plank. Hold for 30 seconds, relax, and repeat. Gradually increase the number of repetitions and how long you hold the pose.
2. Side Plank. Hold for 30 seconds, relax, and repeat. Gradually increase the number of repetitions and how long you hold the pose. 
3. Superman Pose. Lie face down and raise one arm off the ground and hold for 20 to 30 seconds. Release and raise the other arm. Now move to your legs, raising one leg off at a time. Next, raise one arm and the alternate leg off the ground. Then raise both arms off the ground at the same time and then both legs at the same time. The advanced pose is holding both arms and legs off the ground at the same time. Hold each pose for 20-30 seconds, relax, and repeat.
4. Abdominal Crunches. Lie on your back with your knees bent and bring your chest to your knees. Keep your shoulders and chin raise. Repeat for desired amount of crunches.
5. Abdominal Crunches With Twist and/or Bicycle Legs. Do the abdominal crunches from step 4 but add a twist to engage your oblique muscles. Keep your knees bent with feet on the ground. Bring one shoulder to the opposite knee. Bicycle legs are when the knees are bent and the feet are off the ground and bring the opposite shoulder to knee at the same time, alternating legs to elbows. 

Reference: Runner's World
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