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Gardner wearing new device to protect left thumb

Via George King & Andy McCullough: Brett Gardner is wearing a new fiberglass device to protect his left thumb when running the bases. “I don’t want to hurt it again … I am trying to wear something to protect it,” said the outfielder, who wore a similar device with less protection in the past.

Gardner, 29, broke the thumb in 2009 and missed a few games with soreness in 2010. Here’s a screen cap from yesterday’s game of the new protective gear, which isn’t the most high-tech thing in the world. Keeping Gardner healthy this summer will be one of the team’s top priorities given the current list of injured players, but his head-first slides — especially those into first base — make it tough. Hopefully this new thumb guard helps.

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Jerkface says:

March 12, 2013 at 5:02 pm

Is the device a detachable hand?

BJ says:

March 12, 2013 at 5:04 pm

Is it making his entire hand invisible?

Havok9120 says:

March 12, 2013 at 5:47 pm

Donahue built it out of scrap from a F-117 Nighthawk.

It’s best not to ask questions.

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Winter says:

March 12, 2013 at 5:10 pm

~~Thumb Guard~~ Magic hand.

jjyank says:

March 12, 2013 at 5:18 pm

ZOMG Gardner is a fucking T-Rex!!

trr says:

March 12, 2013 at 5:25 pm

thumb? it’s the whole frickin’ hand

Dalek Jeter says:

March 12, 2013 at 5:32 pm

Idea, have somebody like Jeter, CC, Mo, or Grandy, tell Grandy that they’r going to do a kangaroo court at the end of the season and one of the offenses is going to be head first slides into first, punishable at $1000 a slide.

vicki says:

March 13, 2013 at 1:16 am

you mean gardy of course. and i don’t think he’d care. redneck.

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Havok9120 says:

March 12, 2013 at 5:40 pm

My favorite part about this thing is that it was apparently designed and fabricated by Donahue.

Bob Buttons says:

March 12, 2013 at 5:57 pm

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu and Gabriel Byrne

“Baseball movie of the year!” – New York Times
“Two thumbs up” -Roger Ebert

The Hand in the Iron Mask, coming to a theater near you.

Havok9120 says:

March 12, 2013 at 6:33 pm

Jeremy Irons in a baseball movie would be easily one of the most incongruous things ever.

I’m sold.

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Horizonal Pinstripe says:

March 12, 2013 at 5:59 pm

I like Gardner’s game but I also have the impression that he’s not exactly a rocket surgeon. It’s stupid to dive head first into first base unless it’s to avoid a tag.

Sweet Dick Willie says:

March 12, 2013 at 6:07 pm

Agreed. And I don’t know why Girardi doesn’t inform him that he will be fined an increasing amount each time he does it.

BTW, WTF is a rocket surgeon?

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- jjyank says:
  
  March 12, 2013 at 6:21 pm
  
  Hey man, rockets can get sick too.
  
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- Havok9120 says:
  
  March 12, 2013 at 6:34 pm
  
  Joke from an old commercial. A joke I use regularly.
  
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- trr says:
  
  March 12, 2013 at 6:46 pm
  
  I LOL’ed
  
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