any update on garland?

[thelatinoheat_30]

i heard dj say real quick that he had a contusion on his biceps. any more news on garland?

Edited March 24, 2005 by thelatinoheat_30

[Gene Honda Civic]

to clear up the contusion confusion,

contusion = bruise

[southsider2k5]

Well we know what a contusion is

 

http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?sh...ndpost&p=611820

[Jabroni]

According to WSCR 670 The Score, Garland's chest/bicep is a bit tender. He should be fine though.

[AngelasDaddy0427]

Hopefully he'll be ok. He's a solid part of our rotation and we need him in there.

[bjm676]

Jon G. will be fine.

 

Like Buehrle, Garland escapes injury

Hurler struck on right bicep Wednesday vs. Milwaukee

 

PHOENIX -- After the season-altering injuries suffered by Frank Thomas and Magglio Ordonez in 2004, the White Sox were due for some good karma on that particular medical front.

So far, so good in 2005.

 

Thomas has gradually progressed since returning to Tucson following Oct. 6 surgery on the navicular bone in his left ankle that he fractured last July. Mark Buehrle's recovery from severe pain in his left foot continued to be nothing short of miraculous Wednesday, as he played catch for 15 minutes and could move on to some agility drills Thursday, before taking Friday off.

 

And even when a situation could take a turn for the worse, such as when starting pitcher Jon Garland was hit in the right biceps by Bill Hall's second-inning grounder on Wednesday in a game against Milwaukee, good news prevails. Garland left the game after two scoreless innings when the struck area started to tighten.

 

But he proclaimed himself healthy and ready to go for his next start Monday at home against Oakland. The only upsetting thing for Garland was the exit four innings before he planned to take a seat.

 

"The one thing that upset me the most was not getting hit. (It was) not getting a chance to get back out there and get my innings," Garland said. "I just want to get back on the mound, especially the way I felt today. I just want to pitch.

 

"Everything is good. It started to tighten up a little bit. (White Sox manager) Ozzie (Guillen) didn't want me to go back out there, just in case. He didn't want anything bad to happen."

 

Garland hurled two scoreless innings Wednesday, striking out Junior Spivey and Carlos Lee along the way. He felt as if a third inning was possible, but neither Guillen nor athletic trainer Herm Schneider wanted to take the unnecessary risk.

 

"There was no sense of leaving him in that game at all," Schneider said of Garland, who did not have the injured area X-rayed. "He shouldn't miss anything. It hit him fairly good, but it did graze him."

 

"We want to make sure he's ready for the season, and a couple of more innings (Wednesday) won't mean much for us," Guillen added.

 

Buehrle went through 45 minutes of treatment before he played catch on Wednesday. He had another 45 minutes after the throwing session was complete.

 

There's no recollection on Buehrle's part as to what the previous injury could have been that led to this stress reaction, which is the way his once painful injury finally was diagnosed. He mentioned that a couple of teammates joked it could have been a comebacker that hit him, causing pain at the time, but not being anything memorable.

 

All Buehrle knows presently is that he feels as normal as he did before the injury and is getting closer with each day to starting the White Sox opener against Cleveland on April 4. In the immediate future, Buehrle is on track to start the March 29 contest against Colorado or March 30 against Arizona.

 

"It feels like I can go out there," Buehrle said. "It's normal. I can't feel anything. It's just like you walking or anybody else walking. I feel nothing.

 

"I haven't really pushed off a mound yet. I'm just playing catch. But if it was up to me, I would be out there."

 

Buehrle had a great deal to celebrate on his 26th birthday Wednesday. It was just a few days ago when thoughts of working out and pitching seemed anywhere from four to six weeks away.

 

But Schneider pointed out that Buehrle's scenario in the past week is why so many tests are performed before finally diagnosing an injury. It's why Schneider doesn't "leave any stone unturned," he said.

 

Schneider also explained that you don't treat the X-ray or the MRI or the CT scan, but instead, you treat Buehrle, the person. If he's feeling better, then that's the best sign.

 

"You could have very easily panicked and said it was a fracture, put him in a cast and he's in a cast four to six weeks," Schneider said of Buehrle. "Then by the time you get him ready, it's another four weeks. He could have very easily been out for two months. That's why you do all your tests."

 

Buehrle's case also could be an omen that his team's lucky horseshoe went to work early this season. Chicago's cup will be half full in 2005, instead of spilling like last season.

 

"From the first day, the way it felt, I thought it was broken," said Buehrle of his left foot. "I never broke anything in my body before, but not being able to walk on it and the way it felt, I thought it was broken.

 

"The next day, even the doctor's mouth kind of hit the ground like, 'What the (heck)?' when I came in the next day walking."

[thelatinoheat_30]

yes garland is important and thanx for all the info.