Feb. 20, 2012
Buster Posey said he had a hard time digesting the replays of Stephen
Drew’s severe ankle injury.
“It made my stomach turn
watching it,” said Posey, who suffered a similar but less stressful
ankle injury last May.
Drew was back in his natural
habitat Monday, taking grounders at shortstop on one of the
Diamondbacks' practice field at Salt River Fields, the first time he has
done baseball activities with the team since his injury last July 20.
He worked for about 15-20 minutes before taking a turn in the batting
cage.
"It was weird and good at the same time.
Overall, I was pretty pleased. It was a good day," Drew
said.
Drew began hitting earlier in his rehab process
and expects to be on the same schedule Tuesday, ankle
permitting.
"We’ll see when I come in", Drew said,
referring to his arrival on Tuesday.
"That will be
the key -- how much can I do before I can’t do anything and have to take
two days off? We are kind of playing it by ear. It’s not like pulling a
hamstring. Ligaments have to heal up.
"It’s going to
make me better. When someone goes through something like this, you have
a lot more respect for guys that come back, because it is very
hard."
-- Jack Magruder
