OT: Delgado's Comeback Attempt Over

[LittleOzzy]

Carlos Delgado, who signed a minor-league deal with the Red Sox last month, has a tear in his left hip and his comeback this season is over.

Delgado, who was seen by Dr. Marc Phillipon on Wednesday in Vail, Colo., is expected to rejoin Triple-A Pawtucket and begin reviewing treatment options.

"He's extremely disappointed," Delgado's agent David Sloane said. "It would be tough for a human being to not be disappointed. He wouldn't be human if he wasn't very upset about it."

Delgado, 38, hasn't played in the majors since May 2009 after undergoing two surgeries on his right hip.

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[U_Mad]

It's probably time he hangs em up..Hes had a great career and will go down as one of the best player to ever come out of the Dominican and as well one of the best players to put on a Blue Jays uniform. Also is one of my favourite players ever. Cheers # 25

[Scorpion King]

It's probably time he hangs em up..Hes had a great career and will go down as one of the best player to ever come out of the Dominican and as well one of the best players to put on a Blue Jays uniform. Also is one of my favourite players ever. Cheers # 25

He is from Puerto Rico. I agree he is one of the best players to put on a blue jays uniform. Top 5

[Nolan]

Its time for him to call it a career already. Great player and one the best to wear a Jays jersey.

[Geddy]

I was hoping he would get to 500 HR.

[evilRyu]

dam.. what a great run.. amazing career!

i did a youtube search on Delgado, and it sucks that almost all the top results are from his Mets days.. not very Blue Jays vids..

[Hoopstarr]

Sad day for me; he was my favorite Jay taking over for Alomar. The Mets were kinda my 2nd team for a while there. They couldn't stay healthy or finish strong enough to put it together. Now he's in 500 HR limbo plus he only has one playoff appearance so no HOF for him even though he has the numbers.

[U_Mad]

It's probably time he hangs em up..Hes had a great career and will go down as one of the best player to ever come out of the Dominican and as well one of the best players to put on a Blue Jays uniform. Also is one of my favourite players ever. Cheers # 25

He is from Puerto Rico. I agree he is one of the best players to put on a blue jays uniform. Top 5

i didnt feel right while typing it, but i was too lazy to google...thanks for the correction

[hsb]

dam.. what a great run.. amazing career!

i did a youtube search on Delgado, and it sucks that almost all the top results are from his Mets days.. not very Blue Jays vids..

Youtube existed a month after he became a Met. Easier to post daily videos when something happens than go back through the history 'books' and post online.

[Hoopstarr]

dam.. what a great run.. amazing career!

i did a youtube search on Delgado, and it sucks that almost all the top results are from his Mets days.. not very Blue Jays vids..

Youtube existed a month after he became a Met. Easier to post daily videos when something happens than go back through the history 'books' and post online.

Mostly it's MLB's (Please Use More Appropriate Word) content policies. They want full control of their content because....I have no clue why. The NBA doesn't block anything and actually encourages fan content all over the web and yet they still served 1 billion videos on NBA.com over the last year. It's incredibly myopic of MLB but it doesn't surprise me one bit.

[satyr9]

dam.. what a great run.. amazing career!

i did a youtube search on Delgado, and it sucks that almost all the top results are from his Mets days.. not very Blue Jays vids..

Youtube existed a month after he became a Met. Easier to post daily videos when something happens than go back through the history 'books' and post online.

Mostly it's MLB's (Please Use More Appropriate Word) content policies. They want full control of their content because....I have no clue why. The NBA doesn't block anything and actually encourages fan content all over the web and yet they still served 1 billion videos on NBA.com over the last year. It's incredibly myopic of MLB but it doesn't surprise me one bit.

First, MLB's youtube policy is ricockulous and, for their purposes, totally counter-productive.

Second, I'm glad people have Delgado high on their lists of Jays. I always respected him and thought he was great, but I never had that fan connection to him the way I did with Tony Fernandez or Joe Carter or really a good 15-20 guys at least and I always thought I should've. To me he just came around for WS hangover and I watched him, but Doc was the first guy I really liked after the WS years.

Lastly, 500 HR is ruined. It used to be something truly special (and you didn't need it for HOF, you needed it to be a far more serious GOAT type conversation) and now it's the prerequisite for all power hitters. I don't know if Carlos is a HOFer, but coming up just short of 500 certainly wouldn't have altered my vote one way or the other.

[baulderdash77]

Carlos was my 4th favorite blue jay ever. I was a bit dissapointed that we didn't pick him up on a minor league deal this year.

Here's my top 5 favs all time:

1. Alomar
2. Carter
3. Doc
4. Delgado
5. Dave Steib
Honourable Mention: Fernandez & Bell.

I really only started watching baseball in 1985 as a kid with my Dad and not regularly until 1987 so that's why the recent bias.

[wtcantfw]

Carlos was my 4th favorite blue jay ever. I was a bit dissapointed that we didn't pick him up on a minor league deal this year.

Here's my top 5 favs all time:

1. Alomar
2. Carter
3. Doc
4. Delgado
5. Dave Steib
Honourable Mention: Fernandez & Bell.

I really only started watching baseball in 1985 as a kid with my Dad and not regularly until 1987 so that's why the recent bias.

25 years of baseball of hardly "recent".

[Michael Bradley]

Second, I'm glad people have Delgado high on their lists of Jays. I always respected him and thought he was great, but I never had that fan connection to him the way I did with Tony Fernandez or Joe Carter or really a good 15-20 guys at least and I always thought I should've. To me he just came around for WS hangover and I watched him, but Doc was the first guy I really liked after the WS years.

I feel much the same way. I liked Delgado and he's probably the best hitter the Jays ever produced, but I never had the connection with him that I did with Roberto Alomar, Joe Carter, and Tony Fernandez. Alomar in particular is my all-time favorite player. He should have been to the Jays what Jeter is to the Yankees (minus the homegrown part but Alomar joined the Jays at a young age anyway). It really is true that winning makes it far easier to make a connection with a player than losing, hence why I am more of a fan of Joe Carter than Delgado despite Carlos being world's better.

As far as Delgado, great player in his prime and it is a shame the Jays couldn't do more with him here. That seems to be a running theme with great players here since 1993 (Delgado and Halladay in particular).

[tsherkin]

When you've got a 16-year playoff drought (going to be 17 after this year), "couldn't do more with him here" is a fact of life, not just a running theme.

Could be worse, though; we could be working on like a 20-year streak of losing seasons; the Jays at least win 85+ now and again; we've done so 4 times after the last WS victory, and may do so again this year, and also hit 84 once, and we've been above .500 in 7 of the last 16 seasons (and likely will be again this year), which isn't bad, given the various problems we've endured and the division in which we play.

Really is a shame, though; I like Carlos, he was a good guy AND a great player. Sucks that he only made the postseason once (was he up in the majors when we won in 93? He played like 2 games in the RS that year).