"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up." That's a quote from Muhammed Ali on boxing. Moises Alou might say something similar, except for the beating people up part. Instead, he'd say I constantly hurt myself. Alou's quest to return to the Mets lineup hit another snag in Connecticut last night. Alou pulled himself out of a rehab start for AA Binghamton when he felt his left hamstring seize up. That's the same leg that contains the strained calf that's kept him on the sideline for most of this season. He'll have an MRI and meet with the team's medical staff in New York today.
Alou is, as you'd guess, at a loss to explain it all.
"Same leg, different part," Alou told the Daily News. "I throw my arms up."Sadly, when he threw his arms up he dislocated both shoulders. Just a day in the life for the world's most fragile outfielder.
Omar Minaya has to be burning up the phones in search of a trade. The Mets are only a game and a half back of the Phillies thanks to a five-game winning streak. They've been doing it with a collection of reserves like Fernando Tatis and Damion Easley in the lineup but that will catch up to them at some point. With Ryan Church back on the DL and Alou unreliable, they need to fortify their lineup for the second half.
