The Florida Marlins lose their starting left fielder due to a celebration after the team’s 5-4 win over the Atlanta Braves Sunday afternoon, which lasted 11 innings. Following a walk-off win by Wes Helms, Chris Coghlan went to deliver a celebration to Helms with a pie in the face and was injured in the process. He said that he jumped to shove the pie in Helms face and landed on his knee wrong.
Coghlan was placed on the disabled list Monday after an MRI showed that the left fielder had a torn meniscus in his left knee. The team is waiting a couple days to determine whether or not his knee needs surgery, but if it does, the lead-off batter will likely be out anywhere from six to eight weeks for full recovery. If the surgery is not required then he’ll be out about two to three weeks.
Believe it or not, Coghlan, who is the reigning National League Rookie of the Year, has never been placed on the disabled list so this is something completely new to him. Prior to the injury, he was hitting a .268 with five homers, 28 runs batted in as well as 10 stolen bases. Emilio Bonifacio took his spot in the lineup for Monday’s game against Giants at San Francisco, which the Marlins won 4-3. Current plans consist of the Marlins calling outfielder Logan Morrison Tuesday from AAA New Orleans.
After this celebratory incident, team manager Edwin Rodriguez says there will be no more pie in the face celebration rituals. The team and Rodriguez discussed excessive celebrating and hopes that in the future the team will be a little bit smarter in how they handle celebrating a win. Rodriguez made sure that everyone knew that he wasn’t criticizing the pie in the face celebration action by Coghlan necessarily just saying that the players needed to be more cautious because emotions can merely get the best of you at any given time.
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