Not Wanting to be Left Out of the Fun, Orlando Hernandez Joins the Injury Party

I'm beginning to think that if Pedro Martinez, Moises Alou, Mike Hampton, and Orlando Hernandez played cards together, nobody would win because they'd all give themselves paper cuts dealing the cards. You already know about Alou. You saw that Martinez is having further injury problems. You may have also seen that Hampton injured his groin in a recent rehab start. Now, the fourth horseman of "ow" has experienced a setback in his first rehab start in AA Binghamton while trying to return to the majors:

Hernandez, making his fourth minor-league rehab start and first with the B-Mets, gave up two runs in the first inning. He said he felt fine before the game began but hurt his right foot during the first inning, though he couldn't recall exactly when the injury occurred. It's the same foot Hernandez had surgery on prior to the beginning of this season.

The injury likely happened on the first out of the game. Connecticut leadoff hitter Kyle Haines hit a slow grounder to first baseman Mike Carp, who tossed the ball to Hernandez covering the bag at first. Hernandez recorded the putout but appeared to take bad step on the bag, hobbling slightly after the play.

First batter of the game. Alou lasted six innings before he took himself out. Even Hampton lasted two innings. El Duque, who lasted the rest of that first inning, couldn't even outlast them. That's like the injury equivalent of missing the $100 question on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Poor guy.