Morales' Walk-off Fluke/Disaster

I was checking my fantasy team last night, and was pleased with Kendry Morales' stat line: 2-4, with a run, a homer, and 4 RBIs. Seeing that my fantasy was in a deep hole this week, I was encouraged with this line. I flip on SportsCenter however, and see the headline "Walk Off Gone Wrong" and become intrigued. And then of course, the Mariners-Angels highlight comes on. A broken leg...in the celebration?

This was familiar to me, because I remember it happening to Ted Ginn in the 07 title game vs Florida after his kick-off return touchdown. It also happened in a soccer game I played in high school (for the opposing team). The thing is, it is a fluke injury. But it makes perfect sense. Morales jumps into a crowd of people, and expects not to land on someones foot? Of course his ankle is going to roll and he's going to get injured. Now, thousands of fantasy teams (much less the Angels) are going to suffer.

I'm surprised this hasn't happened sooner. I don't think the MLB is going to do anything drastic, because teams are going to look and see, "Wow, they just lost their best player" and change things themselves. Mike Scioscia said the Angels will change the way they celebrate. I'm interested to see the next walk-off, and if the celebrations are really different.

On a related story, the Brewers need to package Prince Fielder right now and send him to the Angels. Catch them while they are desperate, and get either Ervin Santana or Jered Weaver (or both?) and then some solid prospects. Doug Melvin...do it.