Why Is hamate bone Trending Today?

Recent news surrounding injuries to the hamate bone has captured significant attention, particularly within the context of Major League Baseball (MLB). A surge in search interest can be attributed to multiple high-profile players suffering from hamate bone injuries, which are relatively common yet impactful for athletes, especially baseball players who rely heavily on grip strength for batting.

Reports such as those from MLB.com and MASN Sports detail specific cases, including a significant injury affecting a player named Holliday, who is set to start the season on the injured list due to a broken hamate bone. Such developments inherently increase curiosity among fans and analysts alike regarding the nature of these injuries and their implications for players’ performance and team dynamics.

Additionally, the news about New York Mets’ Francisco Lindor undergoing hamate bone surgery further amplifies interest. As prominent athletes undergo surgical procedures, it raises questions about recovery times, potential risks for teams, and how these injuries can affect player availability throughout the season.

With various players experiencing these injuries and receiving media coverage, there has been a correlating rise in public interest, leading to over 20,000 searches related to the term “hamate bone.” The frequency of these injuries highlighted in the news directly contributes to the elevated search volume.

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high_and_outside • 1,203 points

Is that Lindor, Holliday, and Carroll ALL out with broken hamate bones?? What is going on here

NewPony13 • 675 points

Ridiculous. What are the chances? Were they at the same circlejerk or something?

Outrageous_Bat1798 • 339 points

Competing in the Reese Maguire Invitational

Tipist • 69 points

Do you win by finishing first or last though? 🤔

Gobblewicket • 38 points

If you’re not first, you’re last!

goldfish_11 • 25 points

It’s like a charity marathon… everyone who finishes is a winner.

appleavocado • 2 points

> a charity marathon Do they have a… shorter race? For us non-pros bros to compete in?

CalebosO4 • 10 points

At the local parking lot

CobblerBeginning4416 • 51 points

Yeah, where are they? so I can stay super far away from that circlejerk…👀

NameShortage • 32 points

Yeah, that’d be crazy….unless…nah haha jk….unless…

DimesOHoolihan • 15 points

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Top-Construction-535 • 16 points

You’re already part of the biggest circlejerk (this sub).

Jux_ • 4 points

Someone hasn’t visited r/MLB I see

BoosherCacow • 2 points

It’s been ages since I checked that sub out and boy am I glad it has a giant banner that says “MLB SUBREDDIT” or I could have confused it for MySpace or 4chan or something else.

RepresentativeYak806 • 4 points

Disgusting. I wish there was a map of active circlejerks in my area, so I know which places to avoid. I’d even pay for it!

Ndnola3333 • 16 points

You weren’t there?? ![gif](giphy|V6R9thgW7fimI)

QuicklyQuenchedQuink • 19 points

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BeHereNow91 • 6 points

They’re all within the same height range too so it’s weird they didn’t have the right position

Flat_Temporary_8874 • 92 points

My guess they just used to call it a broken hand but now they’re e being more specific on what bone is broken and it turns out it’s usually the hamate bone. Total guess though

r0ryp • 29 points

Nah Griffey had this injury back in 96. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jun/20/griffey-breaks-hand-tiny-hamate-bone-will-be/

goldfish_11 • 16 points

David Ortiz had it in 1998 as well.

DetectiveTrickyCad • 2 points

Pablo Sandoval broke both of his

V_T_H • 62 points

I feel left out that I haven’t broken mine. Seems like the hip thing to do and I didn’t get the news.

Darkstargir • 26 points

That just means you’re old.

Farg_Igorg • 2 points

Hip thing to do now is actually break the hip.

Jason82929 • 18 points

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ThatsBushLeague • 12 points

If breaking your hamate is cool, consider me Miles Davis.

Farg_Igorg • 2 points

He called the shit poop!

Two_Key_Goose • 40 points

Some pitchers weren’t utilizing the time to work on control it seems… I’m joking but would not be surprised at the same time if it was an errant inside throw

STL-Zou • 19 points

That’s not how that bone breaks

butterybuns420 • 28 points

Mark Texiera and Andrew Benintendi both broke that bone from HBP’s

Winnes0ta • 14 points

I think Buxton has broken it from HBP as well

STL-Zou • 2 points

Yeah, I guess I should say not usually how it breaks

Nomahs_Bettah • 7 points

My partner broke his breaking up a bar brawl so let’s hope that’s not the usual case.

concordeflight • 8 points

the McKenna case grows deeper

Heavy_Grape6211 • 2 points

Your partner seems like a good person!

Two_Key_Goose • 8 points

Yeah I was thinking of Jansen from a few years and got that bone mixed up with another in the wrist: https://www.mlb.com/news/danny-jansen-fractures-pisiform-bone-in-right-wrist

__M0M0 • 10 points

I don’t think Lindor’s is broken, just sore. But I could be wrong

BillW87 • 12 points

Yeah Lindor’s is a stress reaction, which is a chronic overuse injury rather than a result of getting HBP. It can acutely progress to a fracture due to ongoing use, but that doesn’t require getting hit by a ball to happen.

JJ-Bittenbinder • 8 points

Look into Axe bats, there’s a company actively trying to prevent this

Former-Sea-8070 • 5 points

It’s a pretty common injury for a hitter. We’ve been lucky in recent years to not have seen very many.

TheTurtleShepard • 1,465 points

Hamate Bone surgery so hot rn

coley_ghost • 281 points

They say hamate is the new UCL.

avds_wisp_tech • 47 points

If only the recovery from TJ was anywhere near as quick as recovering from hamate surgery is.

Thedurtysanchez • 51 points

You say that, but hamate bone fractures are notorious for sapping power and some hitters never fully recover.

SeeYaLaterDylan • 24 points

I was going to say, wrists and hands are as scary as anything at the start of a season. You come back quicker but you’re almost universally not the same as a hitter.

SoKrat3s • 6 points

I was listening to Chris Towers (CBS fantasy baseball) yesterday and he said that he’d looked into the medical research on it and it’s not as drastic as the narrative is. Wish he shared what he was looking at tho.

IllusionOf_Integrity • 3 points

Don’t they just remove the hamate bone entirely these days?

GasGlittering7521 • 3 points

Weird cause Francisco Alvarez came back from a broken hamate last year and after a little while back he looked better than he ever had at the plate. Maybe cause he’s young idk

choicemeats • 188 points

Bones out for Hamate 🙁