Found June 29, 2009 on
Redleg Nation:
PLAYERS:
Bronson Arroyo,
Ramon Hernandez,
Jonny Gomes,
Arthur Rhodes,
Homer Bailey
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, Tampa Bay Rays, Cincinnati Reds
A few items for a Monday morning….
–Bronson Arroyo is thinking about having carpal tunnel surgery in the off-season, as it’s still bothering him. Many of you may remember that I had that exact surgery last May. It fixed the problem — or, at least 90% of the problem — but it took a long time for the strength to return fully in that hand/wrist.
Carpal tunnel sucks. If Arroyo’s doctor thinks surgery will fix the problem, I’d urge him to get it done.
–Ramon Hernandez won some award for being the best player in this year’s series of games against Cleveland. I imagine there must be some huge trophy, and probably a substantial cash prize, for such a prestigious award. Hernandez narrowly edged out Jonny Gomes and Arthur Rhodes for the honor.
The 2008 winner of this award plays for the Natinals now, but he sucks anyway because he took too many walks and never tried hard and he kinda smelled bad sometimes and he only hit homers when the ga...
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