Pittsburgh Steelers Lose Rookie RB Baron Batch For Season

The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without running back Baron Batch, who was making a big impression during training camp. Batch was making a push to be the team’s third down back, but the seventh round pick suffered a torn ACL during practice and will undergo reconstructive surgery that will put him on the sidelines for the entire 2011 season.

“Friday I was supposed to play my first NFL game. That won’t happen. Today I tore my ACL,” Batch wrote on his personal blog.

“After my season ending injury my freshman year of college I promised myself that I would never ask God “why?” again and I’m not about to start now. It’s during the tough times that we are able to grow. I’m excited to hit another growth spurt. I’ve never been so close to something and then have it pulled away. I felt like my NFL career was within grasp, I could feel it on my fingertips only to have it pulled away and postponed. As I was being carted off the field today I could clearly hear my mothers voice whispering, ‘Have faith son, have faith.'”

Batch is the kind of player that you want to root for and hopefully he will fully recover from this injury. Best wishes to Baron Batch.

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