Darwin Barney's Pacific Coast League (PCL) Strain

When Darwin Barney went on the DL this week straining "the other" cruciate or posterior cruciate (PCL) knee ligament. I'm sure the Cubs called Iowa Cubs manager Bill Dancy to let him know that his Pacific Coast League (PCL) Iowa team might shortly be getting another middle infielder on rehab assignment for his lineup. Barney sustained the injury to his right knee on the play at home plate on Monday night scoring the Cubs only run in a 1-0 victory. It looked like he bounced his knee in the dirt in the head first dive but he did stumble a bit getting up from his dive. The MRI showed injury without stretch (grade 1) to his Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL). This is considered fairly minor but probably needs to be protected from further injury for about 2-3 weeks. "As soon as I slid into home plate last night, I knew something was really wrong," he said. "The whole knee went numb. I had an MRI today and it revealed that Grade 1 strain in my knee."...