Return to play after injury

Congrats on his hard work and recovery, that in itself is worth the price of admission.

Do not take my second thought as negative. Baseball is a team game, and your sons real test may not be physical but mental in regard to him accepting the fact that you do not rock boat if it is sailing straight. If there is a performance issue with the player who replaced him as a starter at !B, then he may slip right in and be given the opportunity to prove he is back. If that 1B is "doing the job", the road to PT may be longer and this where you will find out some interesting qualities about your son. Being out as long as he has, IMHO, he should not be assuming that job was his to return to. The advantage your son has is that he pitches also. I know very few teams that have to much pitching.

The cream always rises to the top, however, sometimes it takes longer than you want.

The boy has plenty of time---the worst thing he can do is rush back and play before fully ready--this can lead to all sorts of problems especially for a pitcher

rz1 & TRhit, I agree with your comments, fortunately for my son 1st base has been fielded by committee so far this year so they are anxious to have him back but still I would expect that he would be eased back into things.
As far as the pitching goes.... that will be a long slow road back. he has not even thrown off of the mound yet. He has been doing a long toss and band work program for two months however and has commented several times about how much stronger his arm feels this year and that he seems to have so much more carry on the ball when he throws because of the work he put in. He topped out at 84-86 last year so it should be interesting to see where he is at when he gets back to pitching.

CenPaPete,
having dealt with this with my son a about liitle over a year ago, ACL total replacement, the mental part of healing takes the longest time to heal. Yes, he'll feel stronger and feel he can get back to playing like he did before, but,the first misstep or tweak on the knee will cause him to be more cautious.

Good luck to your son, just make sure that he lets it heal completely which can take up to a year. Sounds like he has the tools and will to go on and play for a long time.

Tooldforthis, Thanks for the reply, I do wonder what will happen when he does face a setback with his knee. It hasn't happened yet but is inevitable I am sure. I hope your son is doing well after having gone through his ACL surgery and rehab.

Just a quick update. My son's Doctors appointment went well yesterday 4/27. He received his full release to play ball again. His team's game from Monday was rained out and re-scheduled for Tuesday the day of his release to play. Son got to pinch hit in the seventh inning down 8-5, 2 men on with one out. He ended up hitting an opposite field double to the fence scoring two runs on his first swing of the season.Game ended 8-7. Another game today hopefully he will get a shot at playing the field today. After the game I asked him how it felt to be back, he said with a big smile " Man I was nervous but it felt awesome".

Awesome job and great story. Glad to hear he's back.

Okay, So my son has been back for three games thus far. He has gotten to pinch hit the first game and has been the DH for the next two games. He is 4-6 with 2BB, 3 Dbl's & 1 Triple with 4 RBI's and 2 stolen bases in three attempts. the current player that is fielding his position his hitting really well also but is not getting the job done defensively. I have had several parents come over to me during the games to ask when my son will be ready to play the field and I have told them that he is cleared and ready to play. I have gotten several comments along the lines of "Well why isn't he in there" and " We really need him out there" I have shrugged them off and just said I am not sure why he is not playing. I am not one to complain or want to be a problem with the coach. I do coach a lot of baseball in the summer and help out as an assistant for a good travel team so I know what it is like to deal with disgruntled parents and I do not want to come off as one to the coach. Not sure what to do, should I just let things ride the way they are or should I speak with the coach. We have about 8 games left in the season.

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Not sure what to do, should I just let things ride the way they are or should I speak with the coach. We have about 8 games left in the season.

Let it ride Pete, Let your son do the talking to any coach in the future.
This is were it gets tough for parents and or Dads that coach there own kids.
We as parents have to allow are players to grow-up, and handle there own problems on the field.
And it sounds like your son is handleing it just fine.
Letting his bat do the talking.

Also Pete Welcome to the HSBBW.

EH

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EH,
Thanks for the reply.
That is pretty much my thinking also, although it is tough to let it go. My son is happy to be back contributing at the plate after re-habing his leg for 5 months. he is actually back about 4 weeks early and was supposed to miss the whole season so he is ahead of the game already.