Balta1701

On the positive side...Mark Buehrle's arm is not broken.

Erstad lines out to right field. Uribe doubled off 2nd. Inning over. Grindingly.

Podsednik walks on 5 pitches. 2 straight walks. Erstad up 1 out. VMart to the mound. Uribe was going on the pitch, woudl have been out by a mile.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 11:58 AM) Maybe his cell mate was Rickey Henderson? I wonder how many games last year both Crede and Uribe took walks. It can't be more than a couple.

Does it seem like Sowers is taking forever to pitch to Podsednik to anyone else?

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 11:55 AM) You know ANY TIME you guys want to provide a score, an update, anything... Just askin... 2-1 tribe. Homers by Sizemore and Michaels.

Masset strikes out Martinez to end the 3rd. AJ, Uribe, Podsednik on tap

QUOTE(Maverick0984 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 11:49 AM) So like, just on the meat of the arm? Miss a start? or DL? are they saying anything? X-Rays being taken right now. Buehrle would have to pull some magic not to miss at least a start as deep as that bruise was, if that's all it was.

Sadness...

And the casual, momentum/energy killing 543.

QUOTE(fathom @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 11:38 AM) Gotta stay positive, as Buehrle is the one person who seems like he could handle an injury like this and recover the fastest. It's happened before. (Predicting the future) 2 hours from now: Mr. Buehrle has been diagnosed with a fracture in his pitching hand. Tomorrow: Mr. Buehrle's fractured pitching hand has healed, and he is expected to make his next start.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 11:37 AM) So our contenders for Mark's spot: Masset Floyd Haeger who comes out on top? My vote goes to Haeger. I think they'll defer to Floyd first, personally, just because the scheduling is right for him to take Mark's next start.

Masset taking care of business. Thanks Nick. Keep it up.

QUOTE(chisoxfan79 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 11:34 AM) They are going to have to send BA down and bring up Haeger Not if Mr. Buehrle is on the DL, which I'd say there seems to be a very high probability of. Even if it's just a deep deep bruise.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 11:32 AM) Floyd or Haeger? Who takes Buehrle's spot? Floyd is already scheduled to pitch today, so he's going to be on the right schedule. I think it'll be Gavin.

So, at about 1:25 p.m. CST on 4/05/07, Mark Buehrle was nailed in the pitching hand by a line drive off the bat of Ryan Garko. Buehrle left the game immedaitely, bringing in Nick Masset. Please use this thread for updates on Buehrle's injury, panicking, swearing, and so forth.

Someone tell Mr. Floyd he's no longer starting tonight for Charlotte, please.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 11:26 AM) What happened? Buehrle was nailed in the pitching hand by a line drive off Garko. Was too hurt to field it. Has left the game, with Masset coming in. Soxtalk.com was the 2nd casualty of that play.

Oh. Great.

Oh. Great.

Yahtzee!

NOW 3-4 GUYS...GET HIM IN.

QUOTE(TitoMB345 @ Apr 5, 2007 -> 11:18 AM) Let me just say this, if Scotty can keep stealing bases, and Erstad can too, things will be dangerous.. the question is how long will it take to gel? That's entirely up to Podsednik at this point, IMO. Erstad has to stay healthy, Podsednik needs to be a lot better.

Podsednik swiping a base with ease. Hate to say it, but that's positive.

Well, Ozzie now has plenty of reason to keep playing Pods against lefties. Hopefully it'll work, somehow.