Pig Farmer Gone?
On the eve of the opening of Sunday Morning training camp, Pig Farming Goalie's season may be over even before it started.
The veteran shotstopper, who's entering his third campaign after leading his team to a Stanley Stick Championship last Spring, injured his left knee when he was caught between two defenders while playing unsanctioned soccer. It was his first game on the pitch after hurting his right knee in another soccer game two weeks earlier.
"Soccer sucks," said Pig Farming Goalie, in a terse statement.
Initial prognosis of the jumbled joint was not good; a snapped ACL, possibly the PCL as well. A further examination earlier today was inconclusive.
"(The doctors) were optimistic, if a little vague," said the agrarian goaltender. "At best, the ACL is mildly sprained; at worst, completely severed, requiring major surgery."
If PFG's season is scuttled to surgery, it puts extra pressure on the aging Lobsterboy, who earlier confirmed his availability for Sunday's exhibition opener, and the inconsistent Ottoman, who will be trying to regain the confidence of his fellow roadsters after struggling in last season's finale.
It also renews the controversy surrounding players' unsanctioned activities. Paul One and the Living Legend are both coming off injuries suffered while cycling, and the Hired Gun, who missed all of last season, is reportedly hobbled.
Posted by jaysuburb at October 3, 2003 06:57 PM