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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Strain for Harang, off to DL
They held the news until the last pitch of Thursday’s game, but at least it was semi-good news.
The MRI on Aaron Harang’s sore right forearm came back negative and was diagnosed as a strain. He will be re-evaluated next week.
But he also will be placed on the disabled list, said general manager Walt Jocketty, who was pleased with the diagnosis.
If he recovers, he can come off the DL, which means he would miss one turn after the All-Star break.
“The MRI was negative, classified as just a strain of the forearm,” said Jocketty. “So that’s good. We’ll shut him down, put him on the disabled list, let him rest. He was told not to throw for a week, but we’re confident he’ll get right back into it.”
Said manager Dusty Baker, “That’s great news on Aaron. This is what the doctor thought. Just a strained muscle. That’s huge news. He was instructed not to pick up a ball for a week. Rest it. Treat it. Work out. Train. And come back smoking.”
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Some nuggets while awaiting the outcome this afternoon of the MRI on Aaron Harang’s forearm:
HOMER BAILEY will start Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers and C.C. Sabathia. GM Walt Jocketty talked with Louisville manager Rick Sweet, pitching coach Ted Power and director of player development Terry Reynolds for their opinions.
It was Bailey over Daryl Thompson, even though Thompson pitched a good one Tuesday against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (love that nickname) — six innings, one run, five hits.
“We sent Thompson back down to work on some things,” said Jocketty, a reason not to bring him back yet. You don’t want a pitcher working on things in a major-league game.
“They tell me Homer is throwing the ball good down there,” said manager Dusty Baker. “All I see are statistics and that never tells the whole story. That’s why we checked with Sweet, Power and Reynolds.”
Bailey might be pitching well, but he isn’t getting results. He hasn’t won a game anywhere since April 27 for Louisville (0-3 in four starts with the Reds this year) and that winless stretch covers 13 starts.
“Well, he is certainly due,” said Baker with a sly smile.
BAKER, BY THE WAY, was an excellent major-league hitter but he said Thursday that Wrigley Field was his least favorite park, mostly because they played all day games then.
“I grew up in Sacramento and it was so hot most of our games were at night,” he said. “I could see the stitches and the rotation better at night. I couldn’t see nothin’ here in Wrigley. And because the ‘400’ sign on the center field wall is off center, more to the right, it always appeared to me that the mound was off kilter, more to the left than straight ahead.”
ADAM DUNN received a phone call shortly after C.C. Sabathia was traded to Milwaukee by the Cleveland Indians. Now that he is in the National League, Sabathia has to hit — and is a good hitter.
“Do you believe it? He called me and asked for some of my bats,” said Dunn. “I told him, ‘No way.’ He wanted me to bring some to Milwaukee. Why, so he could use ‘em on us? I didn’t pack the kind he likes.”
Sabathia took one of Dunn’s bats when the Indians were in Cincinnati and later hit a 400-foot home run with it.
WHAT I HEARD from Ken Griffey Jr. in a 10-minute chat Thursday morning in the pre-game clubhouse:
“When I made that dive Tuesday trying to catch Aramis Ramirez’s triple, I didn’t hurt myself, but I think I left my spleen out there.
“I’ve only flown commercially three times since 1996 (the team flies charters and Griffey has a time share in a private aircraft for his personnel journeys).
“Do you think we can mix in a ‘W’ today?
“Let’s introduce C.C. Sabathia to the National League the right way Sunday.”
OK, SO MAYBE some of you should have asked your grandfathers what a gonfalon is? It is a flag, as in a pennant. A team tries to win the gonfalon.
YEAH, I’m old, real old.
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