Reyes shoes behind the injury ?

I don't believe it. Mostly because I don't believe Jose and/or the rest of the staf could be that stupid.

about 1 month ago fxcarden 12 comments 0 recs |

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That would be disturbing if it were true...

But the article reads like sheer conjecture. “Hey, Reyes started wearing Under Armour cleats instead of Nike, and then his leg got hurt. The new cleats might have caused the leg injury.” Sure, they might have, but there doesn’t seem to be any reason, other than Lennon’s hypothesis, to believe that they actually did.

by JoshNY on Oct 5, 2009 1:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Well, the article does seem to imply that Jose wore custom made Nike's prior to switching to stock Under Armor shoes.

Sounds like a stretch, but it’s a possibility.

by fxcarden on Oct 5, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

correlation =/= causation

unless underarmor makes shoes out of solidified polio, theres no reason for them to have such a crippling effect on a guy every single time he tried to run.

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 5, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't know wht his old shoes were like....maybe they had some inserts or something.

by fxcarden on Oct 5, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

could we get Jimmy Rollins a pair of those polio shoes?

by JoshNY on Oct 5, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

we'll send the whole phillies team a pair free of charge

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 5, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Perhaps we could erect a huge

sun-blocking screen over Philly, thus causing Homer-like rickets for their entire 25-man roster…

by deadspy3 on Oct 5, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think it's as simple as that

If a NASCAR guy went from a tricked out Impala hand-built by MechEng PhDs from Stanford to a stock Kia SUV sold by a guy in a toupee and suddenly started losing races, you couldn’t prove the car caused the change.

UA doesn’t know jack about shoes. They only started making them like 2 yrs ago. They’re probably full of old newspapers or ground up orange peels.

"If on-base percentage is so important, then why don't they put it on the scoreboard?"

by hotspur on Oct 6, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well at least they would smell like citrus

thats a bonus

by KeithsMoustache on Oct 6, 2009 10:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think it's a ridiculous assertion that his shoes caused him to tear every muscle in his body

but why on Earth would a professional athlete switch from custom made shoes to stock shoes?

"[The Giants] beat us down. We were beat by a grown-man team, a team we want to be like one day. They came in here and took it to us. Out-manned us, out-gunned us. ... It wasn't even close." - Raheem Morris, 9/27/09

by cjmulrain on Oct 6, 2009 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs