What Would Vince Say?

So, it looks like Clint the Red tears up his ankle pretty bad last night.

Turns out, it's a sprain.  Clint goes to third on a grounder, scores on a sac fly.  Ankle is taped.  Clint stays in to play another two innings until game finally ends.

After the game, Clint expresses his desire to keep playing, with his hot bat and all.

Yanks talk about the IL, benching him, etc.

C'mon.

I'm well aware that baseball and all big-time sports lean on the stupid side when it comes to injuries.  Jim Bouton quoted Mickey Mantle joking about it in Ball Four.

Mgr. Johnny Keane:  Hey, Mick, how's that arm feeling?

Mick:  Well, skip, it fell off.  But I put it back on with some Scotch tape.

Keane:  That's fine, Mick, just fine.  Can you gimme four innings today?

Or something like that.

But...a sprained ankle?

Isn't the prescription here, ice it, watch it, try not to get so drunk you fall off the bar stool?

It's what Vince Lombardi, the Patron Saint of Football (hallowed be his name) used to say:  You have to play with the small hurts.

So maybe you DH Clint, the perfect small-hurt position.  Or to put it another way, "What would Derek do?"