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Former Phillie's Slugger is suing Rufs Reds for career-end injury

Former Phillie's Slugger is suing Rufs Reds for career-end injury

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At the end of May on May 22, the news broke up with the former Philadelphia Phillies player.

According to the Associated Press, Ruf has filed a lawsuit against the Cincinnati-Reds to provide negligence when it came to maintaining safe field conditions, and in particular cited the existence of the unpleased metal plane roller, which caused his injury to career in 2023.

This came when a call for the Milwaukee Brewers played.

On June 2, 2023, he ran from his first basic position in the third inning of a game between the brewers and the Reds to catch a fly ball that was in a bad area. When he tried to catch, he collided with the plane roller.

Call suffered a knee injury in this piece, but was later diagnosed with a non-weakened fracture of his patella and was transferred to the 60-day injury list.

After that, he never played a game again in the Major League Baseball.

“That didn't have to happen,” Ruf said in a statement to the Associated Press. “I wish it hadn't happened. The players shouldn't have to worry about hidden dangers in a field of the Major League.”

His complaint states that he has suffered “permanent and considerable deformities on his knee” and damages that the end of the tarpaulin roller had no protective upholstery to protect against the sharp metal.

The lawsuit was submitted to the Hamilton County (Ohio) Court of Common Pleas.

At the time of writing, there was no details about what call outside of criminal and compensatory damage.

Ruf was a draft of the 20th round of the Phillies in 2009. And after he was appointed the MVP of the Eastern League at the beginning of his professional career on the farm, and the best viewpoint for the best position in Philadelphia in Pipeline 2012 was appointed.

The Slugger never completely measured the hype, which he built for himself due to his performance in the minor, but he ended his five-year Phillies-At time with a Slash line of 0.240/.314/.433, 35 Homern, 35 doubles and 96 RBI.

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