Farewell, Mr. Kapler

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In what has to be one of the strangest plays of the year, Gabe Kapler blew out his achilles while rounding second base on a Tony Graffanino home run. I hope you get the chance to see this on SportsCenter, as it led to a pinch-runner, mid home run trot. The weirdest part was seeing Tony G have to just stand there and wait, being unable to pass the base-runner.

I like Kapler, but over at Dewey's House they kind of sum things up well:

What Kapler provides a baseball team can, and will be easily replaced, even if it requires handing the job to a guy that hasn’t yet had the opportunity to suck the way Kapler has. I urge the Sox not to worry too much about this one. There are a lot of players that can suck at Major league Baseball the way Kapler has over the last few months.

Harsh, but true.

UPDATE (by Chill 12:20): Luckily MLB provides the highlights. To watch, follow the link from here.