The Injuries Mount for Moises Alou

The Injury Turk is starting to catch up to the older Mets. Orlando Hernandez and Jose Valentin have already gone down with injuries, and now the injury reaper is chasing Moises Alou. The 40-year-old has already experienced a cut chin and a jammed shoulder. But that wasn't enough to sideline him too long. So now, it's a knee injury that is nagging Alou, and it may keep him out of action for a game or two if anti-inflammatory medication and draining the knee don't do the trick:

"My knee felt unstable and painful," Alou said. "The doctor said I have a little bit of fluid there. I had an MRI the other day and I have a little bit of arthritis and a small little tear in my meniscus. The little tear, I guess, sometimes it rubs something and makes me get an uncomfortable feeling. I wore a brace during the game after (tweaking it in the fourth) to feel more secure, but it didn't help much."

In baseball, there are no little tears ... especially for 40-year-olds. When something rubs something and you get an uncomfortable feeling, it's time to see the doctor (or a therapist, but that's an entirely different uncomfortable feeling caused by an entirely different method of rubbing).

Previously on The Fanhouse:
Moises Alou Fought the Wall and the Wall Won
Mets lose El Duque and Valentin to Injury