WTF is Wrong With Beltran?

The Mets PR department is being real shady with our guy Carlos Beltran these days. First they call his injury problems nothing more then having "sore knees." Things got a little more unscrupulous after that.
He goes on the 15 day DL. First impression - Ok, he's a little dinged up let's give him a few weeks off.

Omar Minaya "If we get him back for the second half, after the All-Star Break, I'd sign up for that right now." Um, sure now it's a gift if we can get a guy with sore knees back in a month.

Then this past Monday, Carlos was in Colorado visiting Dr. Richard Steadman, the guy who invented microfracture surgery. He is basically the Dr. Death/Dr. James Andrews of knee doctors.

Now the prospect that our star center fielder might have to get Microfracture surgery is in the picture. That comes with a minimum 4 month recovery time. That means Billy Wagner would have already logged 30 innings of relief before Beltran gets back.

But according the the PR team, the news gets a little sunnier. Dr. Steadman agreed with the team medical staff’s assessment that the center fielder is suffering from a bone bruise. Steadman recommends that Beltran remain inactive slightly longer than Mets doctor David Altchek initially suggested — until after the All-Star break.

I love how all the Mets injured players are supposed to be back "after the all star break." Let me get this straight. Beltran, Reyes, and Delgado, Wagner, John Maine, and Mo Vaughn are all supposed to be in the lineup on July 16th. Like July 16th is some magical day where butterflies fly around and little children hand you freshly picked flowers. It's fuckin' July 16th. It's the day after July 15th. It's a Tuesday. Does Bill from True Blood fit all the Mets in his calender that day? So they can drink vampire blood and be automatically healed? Does a gypsy perform some voodoo shit that makes Jose run like cracked out gazelle? Tell me whats going on.