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Originally Posted by lgm6986  If he is playing then for all intents and purposes he isn't hurt. If the extent of his injury is such that sometimes it hurts him too much to perform then he belongs on the DL until it doesn't. |
That's just flat-out wrong. As Paulie said, Jose would play even if a bone was showing. That doesn't mean he's not hurt.
Leo Durocher once had a player (Pete Reiser)
fracture his skull crashing into a wall (no padding), but refused to let him come out of the game. Afterwards, X-rays showed the fracture and he was DL'd, but he did finish the game.
Some players have greater pain tolerance than others, but that doesn't mean they "aren't hurt".
Others may need a few days off, but don't need the DL. And others need the DL.
Saying there's no middle ground between "not hurt" and "DL" makes no sense.