News is good so far, hopefully it holds true!
Hendry says Zambrano has rotator cuff tendinitis :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Cubs
Hendry says Zambrano has rotator cuff tendinitis :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Cubs
MLB: Zambrano Update
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A person would have to agree. I mean, they did continue to string Cub fans along with Prior and Wood...
Could you give an example? They never lead people on about Prior and Wood; truth of the matter there was no one could really figure out what was wrong, and still to this day dont have much of a clue with Prior...but they were always pretty much up front with how long they would be out, etc.
Are you serious??? You mean back in 2004 (or '05) when Prior "would be ready for Day 1 of the season, don't worry!!!" Ticket sales get a nice bump. And then Spring Training comes and "We're not sure when Mark will be ready to go."
Just because we're told that no one knows whats wrong with Prior doesn't mean no one knows what's wrong with Prior. I loved when the magical shoulder tear showed up out of nowhere. All these radiation experts must have been sleeping when they read all those MRI's.
Yes I can "Rothschield" look at his record with the Cubs and injuries. Over 75% of the pitchers, Highest in the Major league since he became the pitching coach has been on the DL or injured so that they miss a start or two.
So how does that make the point that you should never trust the Cubs front office on injury news?
Unfortunately for the Cubs, most of the 'Rotator Cuff Tendinitis' cases this year have actually been an early diagnosis for Minor Rotator Cuff Tear.
If he gets bad news from one doctor (or three), just go find another one that will tell you "it's fine". It works well....just ask Shawn Merriman.
Aardsma Injured,
Alfonseca Injured
Almonete Injured
Ascanio Injured
Eyre Injured
Zambrano Injured
Wood Injured
Prior Injured
Marmol Injured
Cotts Injured
Fox Injured
Guzman Injured
Howery Injured
Marshall Injured
Wuertz Injured
Dempster Injured
Lieber Injured
Hart Injured
Marquis Injured
You can go through the list and see the injuries and most of them are shoulders.
Alfonseca Injured
Almonete Injured
Ascanio Injured
Eyre Injured
Zambrano Injured
Wood Injured
Prior Injured
Marmol Injured
Cotts Injured
Fox Injured
Guzman Injured
Howery Injured
Marshall Injured
Wuertz Injured
Dempster Injured
Lieber Injured
Hart Injured
Marquis Injured
You can go through the list and see the injuries and most of them are shoulders.
Maybe the water cooler fought back. He sure seems to throw some tantrums in the dugout.
This guy had a little something to do with it too:
I'm waiting to see the Reds fans cry foul when Volquez and Cueto's arms fall off in a year or 2.
This might be my favorite anti-dusty pic:
To be fair some of these guys were already damaged goods before the Cubs had them. Dempster, Fox, Lieber especially all had surguries with other teams before the Cubs had them. Elbows are more common than shoulders with a few of those guys too. Wood's 1st injury was having Tommy John, Guzman just got back from that as well. I don't know the extent to some of these others but Marquis hasn't been on the DL as a Cub yet has he? Marmol, Wuertz, and Howry have not had long stints of injuries either that I can recall and some of those guys were already injury prone or hurt while in the minors like Hart.
Actually, 4 out of 4 docs told Shawn the knee needed surgery. He just finally stopped asking for opinions and did want he wanted to do in the first place.
