BRAVES' JUSTICE OUT FOR SEASON.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. During their five-year run as one of baseball's best teams, the Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Braves have played in Turner Field. had a few bumps and bruises but never a serious injury to a key player. Now, the World Series champions have to deal with the loss of one of their top hitters, right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield David Justice Justice, in consultation with team officials, decided Friday to undergo surgery for his dislocated dis·lo·cate tr.v. dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates 1. To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship. 2. right shoulder, injured Wednesday night when he swung and missed at a pitch from Pittsburgh's Denny Neagle. The Braves had hoped the injury could be treated without surgery, with Justice missing four to six weeks. However, the shoulder never fully recovered from a similar injury last season and the team doctor feared it would not heal without surgery. ``Even if he was able to come back, he would be so apprehensive because of how unstable his shoulder is now that he would be ineffective as a player,'' Dr. Joe Chandler said. ``The only option was surgical intervention.'' Justice will undergo surgery next Thursday and it is highly unlikely he would be able to return late in the season. If anything, Chandler said, the player could still be feeling the effects of his surgery next spring. ``The rehabilitation from this injury is long and arduous,'' Chandler said. ``Frequently, it's a full year before a person gets back to full speed without apprehension or a sense of pain.'' Justice, who was hitting .321 with six homers and 25 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in as the Braves' No. 5 hitter, has been bothered by injuries throughout his career, from a strained back that caused him to miss nearly two months in 1991 to the original shoulder injury when he dove for a ball last year and missed nine games. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Justice |
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