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Thome's also been sitting out games with a sore groin.

So ... should the deadline for getting the gamethread up be moved to midnight central time?

Hey, that should be in Transactions. :wink: Welcome to the forums!

Yes. I know someone who stockpiled Garza Bowman Chrome auto rookie cards, which are going for $50+ on EBay since his promotion.

Not sure why he was demoted from AA New Britain, where he was doing pretty well (2-2, 3.25 ERA, 29/15) to high-A Ft. Myers. I can't pull up the article any longer, but a google news search coughed up this tidbit: To make room for Garza, the Rock Cats sent lefthander Justin Jones (1-2, 2.61 ERA in four starts) to Fort Myers. Matt Garza was promoted from Ft. Myers.

The Baseball Cube has a similar-sounding Andrew Lane with NCAA stats (U of Miami) listed as a pitcher, but his '05 minor league stats with the Nationals indicate he played as position player.

Corey Patterson injured his knee in a game vs. the Cardinals (at Wrigley, though).

Awww.

indeed :)

EXCELLENT!!!!

Tree will be sad that he missed Myron Noodleman.

From today's Daytona Cubs Digest: Grant Johnson was placed on the DL retroactive to May 28; Mike Phelps retroactive to May 31. I didn't see any injury information.

Ex-Cubs farmhand Justin Jones (1-0, 0.68 ERA) is scheduled to start for Ft. Myers vs. Daytona tonight.

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Good question, Serena. My take is that I don't look at this as a moral issue, but instead a strict contractual issue that helps ensure that any potentially reckless or dangerous behavior will not occur. Similar to the many contract clauses prohibiting riding motorcycles, playing pick-up basketball, sky diving, flag football, etc. Yes, every professional athlete who drinks runs the risk of drinking and driving, but if you've been convicted two times already, I think that puts you at a higher risk than someone who has never been pulled over or convicted. That's how I look at it. And, also, just suppose that it's known in the baseball circles that Furcal is an alcoholic (again, suppose) who doesn't admit it and won't seek help. This could also be one way of helping him avoid a potentially hazardous situation. Again, I don't know, but it could be a possibility. I don't disagree with the reasoning; I guess the distinction between the moral/contractual issues seem a bit fuzzy in this specific instance and that's what gives me pause. If it were a player that people had coveted -- say, Brian Giles -- and Giles subsequently said that he turned down the Cubs because of a similar clause, there might be more concern ... or maybe not if he had the same history as Furcal. Meh, I'm still undecided. Prior and Wood said after the Jason Williams' motorcycle accident that they had clauses preventing them from snow skiing and skydiving among other things (I just remember those two).

In a sense, the Cubs are now in a no-win situation because of their failure to report injuries accurately in the past. Rothschild saying basically that there was nothing wrong with Prior (most people seemed to interpret what he said as this; I didn't hear him) further confused the whole injury reporting scenario and basically set up the "either Prior was injured or he's craaaazy" situation. Oh, and this.

Done!

He'll need to consult with Kerry Wood about how to avoid injuring oneself while sleeping. This conjures up memories of Wood having a bad back in Pittsburgh because the hotel beds were too soft and the team FORGOT to bring the bed board on the road trip. #-o

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Ronny. :(

I wasn't crazy about the Furcal offer, so it's fine with me if that's the reason he turned down the contract. For those who support the clause, would you have any problem with the Cubs insisting on a clause in all new contracts that could void them if the player had to serve any jail time resulting in missed playing time? That seems to be the main issue with Furcal (if it was simply a stance against DUIs, it should be in every contract).

Nice stats, Rocket!

Is the Tribune Company running a baseball team or a Sunday School? I wonder what other off-field clauses they want in contracts these days. ETA: And I wonder whether Hendry's and Dusty's contracts will include such concern over alcohol intake.

This was discussed here a bit in March in the Prior delayed again thread (non-premium link). People including Hendry have referred to his injury as a "tear" (or "tearage," I think, to be precise).

I'm glad this news broke right before a 12-day road trip.