Jim Hickey’s Grappling Skills Knock Grant Balfour Out for 4-6 Weeks

Filed under: Rays , AL East , MLB Injuries The job of a pitching coach is not only to be a teacher or a coach to his pitchers, but in some cases, a friend and a confidant. Sometimes this means that when you're warming up before a game, you have to wrestle with your players. Tampa Bay Rays pitching coach Jim Hickey was doing just that on Saturday with Rays reliever Grant Balfour . Turns out that Hickey's Camel Clutch can be quite devastating. Balfour is now on the disabled list and is going to miss four-to-six weeks thanks to a left rib strain he suffered from what was no doubt Hickey's finishing move while the two horsed around before the game. � Permalink �|� Email this �|� Linking�Blogs �|� Comments