Twins slugger Morneau out of playoffs with concussion

[marmar]

NEW YORK—For the second straight year, the Minnesota Twins will play the post-season without Canadian Justin Morneau.

The 2006 AL MVP hasn’t played since July 7 because of post-concussion symptoms stemming from an inadvertent knee to the head during a slide into second base at Toronto. The native of New Westminster, B.C., has begun to improve and hasn’t had any recent setbacks, but general manager Bill Smith said Monday the team doesn’t want to rush its four-time all-star first baseman back too quickly.

Already ruled out for the first round of the playoffs, Morneau had hoped to be ready for the AL championship series or the World Series. But Smith said there’s not enough time for him to return to full strength. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/article/870416--twins-slugger-morneau-out-of-playoffs-with-concussion?bn=1

[joeybee12]

1. Shiiiiiitt! Beat Satan!

That is all.

[Upton]

2. For whatever reason..

the Twins had a better record, averaged more runs per game (5.0-4.7), and had a marginally better team BA (.274-.272) without him..

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5648242&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines