“It was hard that first week, but the week after, it was impressive,” she said. Not quite three weeks after surgery, Jiménez returned to the team’s training facility, just to feel the turf beneath his feet again, to reconnect with his teammates. A few weeks later, he was back on the field, first to run and then, by early March, to train. “You’re training with them, keeping the same schedule as them. It’s when you’re training with them that you feel part of the team again.”His involvement is governed by strict rules.

Source: New York Times May 14, 2021 14:26 UTC