My favorite baby-faced hulk of an outfielder, Wily Mo Peña, will be out for at least two months after having the hamate bone in his left wrist removed. This leaves Trot Nixon to bravely not hit against lefties.
This is a double-blow because Wily Mo came to us in the Cincinnati trade for Bronson Arroyo. So, now not only are we stuck with such wet farts as Matt "Grapefruit" Clement and David "DL" Wells in place of a Bronson Arroyo who does not suck this year (OK, I'm sorry... Bronson never actually sucked, with the flair of a John Wasdin or Heathcliff Slocumb... the front office was just deluded), but we're now lacking a solid regular outfielder in Wily Mo. Not surprisingly, Lenny DiNardo isn't giving me a whole lot of confidence.
According to the Globe:
It's a somewhat common problem among baseball players (David Ortiz, Jim Thome, Jose Canseco, Jay Gibbons, and Eric Hinske are among those major league players who have had the bone removed). It's also often injured by poor golfers who attempt to hit the ball but hit only the ground, with the hand and wrist absorbing the shock. The symptom, generally, is difficulty gripping.
Ortiz had the hamate in his right hand removed in 1998 and missed two months. In his case, he said the bone was bruised and broke on a swing.
"Mine snapped," Ortiz said.
Upon returning, "I was sore," he said. "There's weakness there when they take something out."
Clearly, he has had little problems since, blossoming into one of baseball's most feared hitters.
"They told me I'm bionic now," he said, jokingly.
Well, that's a small consolation. I wouldn't mind having more than one bionic Dominican slugger on the Sox. Of course, there's the small matter of Wily Mo's propensity for striking out. It's not like Papa Jack can work with him if he's out.
Gross. You rest up Wily Mo.
One request to the Red Sox at large: Would everyone please stop breaking things in their hands? Those are important, you know.
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