As much as anything, the A’s admire Stephen Vogt for his toughness.
He played the second half of the 2014 with a foot injury that would have sent most people to the surgeon. Vogt went to the surgeon, to be sure, but not until playing the final two months of the season basically unable to run on his right foot.
So when the team’s RBI leader (39) came limping off the field in the ninth inning, and he was favoring his right leg, more than a few breaths were held.
It could have been a strain or a pull of some kind or worse, a foot injury like last year.