Weiss Sidelined by Knee Injury

By HELENE ELLIOTT

Oct. 9, 1990 12 AM PT

Walt Weiss, the Oakland Athletics’ starting shortstop, will be sidelined for the remainderof the American League playoffs after suffering a sprained ligament in his left knee duringSunday night’s game.

Weiss, who underwent tests Monday at Merritt Hospital in Oakland, was examined by the A’steam orthopedist, Rick Bost. Weiss was injured when the Boston Red Sox’s Ellis Burks upendedhim in breaking up a double play during the eighth inning of Oakland’s 4-1 victory at FenwayPark.

Weiss’ status will be re-assessed should the A’s play in the World Series.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

Weiss Sidelined by Knee Injury

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