Latest Injured Phillies Player is Carlos Ruiz, Who is Sitting Tonight Out

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Missing from tonight's lineup is Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz.  Chooch has a foot injury that has been causing him considerable pain, reports the Delaware County Times' Ryan Lawrence.  

Not included in the blog is a quote from Chooch that the injury "felt like a knife" in the back of his ankle.   To keep playing, Ruiz chose to wear turf shoes instead of his cleats.   Turf shoes wear and look very much like sneakers.  Check out a pair of Nike turf shoes here.

Lawrence also points out that looking at the time before and after the All-Star game, Ruiz started 17 straight games and caught all but one inning.

In his last 10 games, Ruiz is hitting .267, including last night's double.

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