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An Ex-Major League baseball player accuses a previous opponent of his career-earlier injury.
Darin Ruf played the first base for Milwaukee Brewers June 2, 2023, in a game against NL Central -Rival Cincinnati Reds. A little he knew it would be the last game of his career.
In the third round, Ruf chased a pop-up on a bad territory as his knees crashed into the end of the Tarp roll field. Ruf cut the knee badly and limp off the field using a trainer.
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Milwaukee Brewers appointed hitter Darin Ruf Bats During the first lap against St. Louis Cardinals May 16, 2023 in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
RUF’s complaint says that the end of the Tarp roll was made of sharp metal and had no protective damping or cap. The TV broadcast of the game said there was a “significant metal … it doesn’t give much.”
RUF went on the 60-day wounded list and never played in the big leagues again.
His original injury, except for laceration, was controlled a non-defined breach of his patella. But according to RUF’s complaint, he suffered “permanent and essential deformities to his knee.”
“This didn’t have to happen,” Ruf said in a statement. “I wish it didn’t happen. Players shouldn’t have to worry about hidden dangers like that on a larger league.”
Milwaukee Brewers, appointed Hitter Darin Ruf (25), hits a single during the eighth round against Houston Astros May 22, 2023 at American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wis. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/USA Today Network)
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“This was an obvious and avoidable risk,” Tad Thomas, Ruf’s lawyer, said in a release that announced the trial. “There are basic security protocols that each MLB team must follow. To leave a non -paded metal roll on the edge of the field is unforgivable.”
The Reds did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The situation is similar to Dustin Fowlers. In his Major League debut in 2017, he injured a knee in Chicago after running into an electric box while chasing a pop fly down. Fowler, who would have led the next lap to his first record look in Majors, defended White Sox for negligence.
Yankees traded him about a month after the injury for Sonny Gray, and Fowler’s first MLB hit came against Gray the next year.
RUF, 38, played in Majors from 2012 to 2023 with Philadelphia Phillies (2012-16), San Francisco Giants (2020-22, 2023), New York Mets (2022) and Breweries (2023). He fought .239 with a .329 base percentage, 67 homers and 205 RBI in 582 career games.
Milwaukee Brewers First Baseman Darin Ruf uses a brand during a game against St. Louis Cardinals 17 May 2022 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. (Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire)
At the time of the injury, RUF played in his 11th match with the breweries after playing in nine games in his second stint with Giants. He had been appointed to the award of San Francisco before coming to Milwaukee.
