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Toe Knee Arm Ass

Frayed Knot Jul 09 2008 03:05 PM

has apparently hurt either his toe, his knee, his arm, or his ass (I didn't catch which) and is on the DL Welcome back Carlos Muniz!!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 09 2008 03:13 PM

El Duque sees a long releif opportunity

Frayed Knot Jul 09 2008 05:00 PM

Strained abdominal is the actual boo-boo

TransMonk Jul 09 2008 05:08 PM

Maybe he calls his tummy "Junior".

AG/DC Jul 09 2008 05:32 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 09 2008 06:20 PM

It strikes me that a former big-leaguer on the shuttle about to get sent down --- Armas or Nixon, for instance --- would do well to start grabbing something and yelling "ouch!" when it looks like they're going to be sent down. Armas' contract pays him a cool (pro-rated) million if he's on the 40-man, but only $90,000 in the minors. He has to clear waivers anyhow to return to the minors, so the Mets might as well remove him from the 40 if they're going to try to do that. And, if the Mets are at all shy about losing him on waivers, they have motivation to let him cry injury too.

seawolf17 Jul 09 2008 06:14 PM

There's probably some truth to that, but they have to check him out, right? There has to be some injury, even if it's minor. You can't just stash guys on the DL indiscriminately.

AG/DC Jul 09 2008 06:23 PM

Maybe you can't, but I have no doubt its been done and will be done again. I can only speculate beyond that, and I'm not accusing anybody here, only stating that "it strikes me" that there's motivation.

Fman99 Jul 09 2008 08:46 PM

He's like the smug boyfriend played by William Zabka in "Back to School," pretending he's got a cramp so he doesn't have to dive. Which, of course, led to the Triple Lindy. I think that says it all.

AG/DC Jul 09 2008 08:50 PM

A Zabka reference is a good sweet cherry on a sundae of a day.

themetfairy Jul 09 2008 08:53 PM

Fman99 wrote: He's like the smug boyfriend played by William Zabka in "Back to School," pretending he's got a cramp so he doesn't have to dive. Which, of course, led to the Triple Lindy. I think that says it all.