Baseball: Rays: Garza's second start ends with injury, DL

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Baseball Today: Wednesday, April 9
Published 4/9/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... PARTY'S OVER: The festive atmosphere at yesterday's sold-out home opener in St. Petersburg -- where Rays fans have hope for the first time since, well, ever -- was tempered by a) a 6-5 loss to the Mariners and b) the loss of highly regarded right-handed Matt Garza, who left the game in the third inning and went immediately to the disabled list because of radial nerve irritation. (St. Petersburg Times) ...

[MATT GARZA] Rays Could Seek Compensation If Twins Hid Garza's Injury
Published 4/10/2008 by The Professor at Rays Index
On Monday night, in the Tampa Bay Rays' home opener, Matt Garza pulled himself from the game in the 3rd inning with an injury to the radial nerve in this throwing arm. Garza was placed on the 15-day DL immediately following game. He will rest the arm for two weeks and then be reevaluated. He will be out a minimum of four weeks. ...

Did The Twins Know Matt Garza Was Damaged Goods Before Trading Him?
Published 4/10/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... with many stops in the middle, it's a story we know all too well. After the game, though, Garza said something interesting about when the injury first surfaced. ...

TDIB 13 April 2008: Jays Win Series In Texas?!
Published 4/13/2008 by Alex Obal at Batter's Box Interactive Magazine
... . Apparently, Garza claims to have known about this irritationlast fall. Joe Smith: Manager Joe Maddon said he had no knowledgeof the injury, though Garza said it surfaced late last season, with himtypically "pitching through it..." The ...