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Schneider's Thumb

bmfc1 Apr 24 2008 02:16 PM

Bad news conveyed by Adam Rubin: Breaking news: Brian Schneider has been sent to New York with an infected left thumb that may require a DL trip. He just landed in New York 40 minutes ago. There will likely be a roster move to activate Gustavo Molina. We’ll see who is the roster casualty, depending on the seriousness with Schneider. http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/2008/04/infected-thumb-sends-schneider.html

metirish Apr 24 2008 02:20 PM

Bad news indeed , who gets the bulk of the playing time now?

AG/DC Apr 24 2008 02:21 PM

I scream to you, Sandy Alomar, Jr.! But you listen not.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 24 2008 02:22 PM

Infected thumb?

Frayed Knot Apr 24 2008 02:25 PM

Where's that thumb been I wonder? It was his right wrist/arm that got smacked the other day so that's not it. Castro's been playing down in PSL but I doubt he's ready yet.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 24 2008 02:40 PM Re: Schneider's Thumb

bmfc1 wrote: There will likely be a roster move to activate Gustavo Molina. We’ll see who is the roster casualty, depending on the seriousness with Schneider. Well, it Schneider is DL'ed, then he's the casualty. If not, then who? Maybe for a day or so it could be Brady Clark; he's due to be replaced by Alou soon anyway.

Valadius Apr 24 2008 03:04 PM

Oh great. Wait, if his thumb hurts so badly, why'd he play last night?

Benjamin Grimm Apr 24 2008 04:57 PM

I called it... Brady's been DFA'ed.

TheOldMole Apr 25 2008 09:24 AM

Are we now criticizing players for playing hurt?

Willets Point Apr 25 2008 09:31 AM

Frayed Knot wrote: Where's that thumb been I wonder? Shaking hands with Moises Alou post-"toughening"?

Triple Dee Apr 26 2008 11:11 AM

4/26 -- C Brian Schneider remained hospitalized with an infection in his left thumb. Manager Willie Randolph said that Schneider will continue to receive antibiotics. "I don't know what to anticipate on this," Randolph said. "This is something very new." ...

Benjamin Grimm Apr 26 2008 11:59 AM

Weren't there reports a few years ago that Saddam Hussein was working on engineering a virulent thumb virus?

metsguyinmichigan Apr 26 2008 02:15 PM

Don't they have a medical staff around these guys constantly? How does a thumb cut get so bad that it's infected without trainers monitoring it every day?

Frayed Knot Apr 26 2008 03:09 PM

Reportedly there was no cut and the source/timing of the infection remains a mystery.

Mr. Zero Apr 29 2008 11:12 AM

Five days in the hospital with a thumb infection? Drug resistant staph maybe? Have open heart surgery and they send you home in 3-4 days.

batmagadanleadoff Apr 29 2008 11:15 AM

Frayed Knot wrote: Reportedly there was no cut and the source/timing of the infection remains a mystery. Sounds like MRSA.

duan Apr 30 2008 07:14 AM

i think i read on will carroll's that it was MRSA.

metirish Apr 30 2008 07:22 AM

] Schneider has been in a New York hospital since last Thursday with an infection in his left thumb and has been treated with intravenous antibiotics. Minaya said Monday that Schneider did not have a staph infection and that his swelling had not been lanced, but he revised his report Tuesday. Acknowledging his lack of medical sophistication, Minaya said doctors told him that Schneider had a “mixed organism infection caused by normal skin bacteria,” and that, while it was partly associated with staph, it was not the more serious kind of problem usually associated with a staph infection. Source NYT.