Campos Tears Knee Ligament

Philadelphia laid claim to the best record in the National League with a 9-6 win over the Augusta Black Bears. But there was a somber mood in the locker room after the game, as the team awaited word on the status of CF Willie Campos, a former all-star who left the game due to injury in the bottom of the 7th inning.

After heading back to Philadelphia to undergo an MRI, Campos got the devastating news that he would not be playing any baseball for a while. A torn knee ligament will sideline one of the Flash's everyday players for 2-3 months.

"Crushed, devastated, there's all kinds of words I could use," said ML Bench Coach Harold Willoughby after the game. "But, at the end of the day, it's part of the game, and the executives plan for exactly this kind of thing. Well, the good executives, anyway. We've got a Plan B and we'll put it into action starting tomorrow."

Replacing Campos is no easy task for a Flash club already bumping elbows with the salary cap. As Campos was placed on the 60-day DL, AAA 1B Davy Hausmann received the call-up he thought he was entitled to at the start of the year. "This is not the pretense I would like leading up to my big league Flash debut. But as an individual, this is an opportunity to get myself seen, so I have to make the most of it."

Campos was batting .293 this season with a .372 OBP, and he had also chipped in 8 HRs and 33 RBIs, while scoring 47 runs. His average is one of the highest on the team, and not having him on base in front of SS Richard Takada and 3B Cozy Thomas could cut offensive production for the club. But 2B William Saitou offered a positive spin, "We're the best team in the National League, and it's not just because of Willie. You hate to lose a teammate like that, but he'll be back, and I'm confident we can hold down the fort over the next couple of months."