SAN DIEGO – Tommy Pham knows how lucky he was to get in the lineup for the San Diego Padres for his Spring Opener Sunday, 4 1/2 months later, when he received a strip parking during a change in the back of his back. The club was stabbed in the lower part
It could have been much worse.
“Depth of Cut.” The doctor here basically told me that if I wasn’t so muscular, I could be dead or paralyzed, ”the left fielder said during a videoconferencing with reporters from Pieria, Arizona.
“I am lucky. I am lucky that I am able to play as well.
As he was being taken to the hospital in an ambulance on October 11, three nights after the Padres were eliminated from the playoffs, Pham was on the phone with general manager AJ Prowler and trainer Mark Rojo.
“I thought I was not able to play,” Fame club officials tell.
“When I got the CT scan, the doctor was like, ‘I’ve got great news for you. You can play.’ He just said that it’s going to be a little bit okay. “
Pham said at the end of last year that he needed 200 stitches to close the gush. A video posted online showed the lower part of his white shirt covered in blood.
The San Diego Police Department is still investigating, and no arrests have been made.
Preler said on Sunday that “clearly this is not the type of news you’re expecting, anytime, that type of phone call.”
Praller said that Pham “was just a matter of talking about what had happened.” The biggest focus for us was just to make sure that we were in a position to get our doctors on the case and were trying to make sure that we were being smart to give them all possible benefits in their care at that point . “
Preller said the first thing was “how lucky he was, when you were actually talking about stabbing wounds in any area, but he was just as deep and broad. If it was a centimeter in any direction Was probably a different result. Once we overcame that hurdle with our work ethic, and the way he attacks things and gets into the gym and takes care of himself, He was going to give himself every possible opportunity to come back.
“He is in great shape. He apparently had a different injury last year. I think he is ready to go.”
Pham said his seizures included bedrest and he then flew to San Francisco every week for about six weeks to take injections of regenocaine to reduce inflammation.
He said, “I have worked with some doctors where I am about 4 few months and the time is a little longer than usual.”
The injury affects him when he tries to perform squats and deadlifts in the weight room.
“My criteria are not there yet. You don’t have to do a lot or deadlift to be a really good baseball player, “he said.
After being traded from Tampa Bay to San Diego, the 32-year-old Pham was limited to 31 games in the 2020 season due to an epidemic due to an injury to his left arm that required surgery in mid-August. He hit .211 with three home runs and 12 RBIs. He hit .375 in the playoffs.
He underwent a second surgery on his hand in October.
He says he is around 80%.
“I probably have the most to prove because I had a terrible year,” said Pham, who shut down several analytics below. “In addition, this is also my free agent year. So I think I have the most to prove. “
Pham said that his outlook has not changed since the stabbing.
“I still see almost everything the same. If anything, I will probably just spend more money and stop saving, because if I die I will feel like I have too much money in the bank and I did not have enough. “
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