Chase Headley: Durable destroyer of modern cities

With all of the fawning over Chase Headley's recent performance in Godzilla Destroys Tokyo After The All-Star Break, The Common Man of The Platoon Advantage makes an astute observation regarding our giant reptilian third baseman after last night's performance in Atlanta:

Padres: Chase Headley, 2-4, HR, R, 2 RBI
More than his power surge and his incredible productivity in 2012, TCM is really impressed by Headley's durability.  Aside from last year, when he broke his finger and was out for more than a month, Headley has played 524 of a possible 531 games since coming up in June of 2008.

 Ahhh, June of 2008. I remember it well. Old Yankee Stadium. The Padres swept out of the park. But you know what else happened that weekend? Chase Headley arrived for good. And he hit a HR*. Chase Headley is not only a destroyer of balls and island cities, he's a durable one at that.

*And I saw it in person. I'm a moderately better fan than you. With less money too.

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