At This Rate, the Whole Roster will be Hospitalized by Opening Day

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Walkoff Walk found this 2/25/2008 on www.baseballmusings.com [flag]
The Cubs sent another player to the hospital today: Another day at Cubs camp, another trip to the hospital for a non-baseball issue. This time it was right-hander Jose Ascanio, who was sent to the hospital today to be examined... [link]

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Cubs Pitcher Gets Ass Kicked, Cops Unfortunately Not Filming in Mesa
Published 2/25/2008 by Rob Iracane at Walkoff Walk
... strangeness around an otherwise quiet Cubs camp began Friday, when center fielder Felix Pie missed a workout to have an unusual, but minor, medical procedure in his Australian region (think land down under)". I don't get it. Felix fell tush-first onto a boomerang? He ate too much vegemite and got backed up? Did he get raped by a rabid wallaby? Stop playing coy, Chicago Sun Times beat writer Gordon Wittenmyer! (I stole this news item from David Pinto's Baseball Musings blog.)

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