Braves' Hampton scratched for first start since '05

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Mike Hampton Was Once A Football Player, Right?
Published 4/4/2008 by Dave at Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball
... After sitting out the last two seasons with arm issues, Hampton was slated to return tonight, until he strained his pectoral muscle during his warmups. ...

Off-day Thoughts.
Published 4/4/2008 by Allen Chace at Over the Monster
... Mike Hampton was scratched from his first scheduled big-league start since the Colt 45s were still paying his contract. Consider me the most surprised man in America. He was my NL Cy Young pick, due to in part to the 230 innings I projected for him. ...sigh. ...

Friday Brain Dump
Published 4/4/2008 by Eric Simon at Amazin' Avenue
... I'm beginning to think he just doesn't want to pitch anymore. Ham-bone was scratched before his scheduled start against the Pirates last night because of a strained left pec. I love Mike Hampton. He was mostly terrific for the Mets throughout the 2000 season and he was an absolute stud in the NLCS against the Cardinals. He was also kind enough to leave the Mets for the clear skies and superior schools of Colorado, leaving the Mets with a lousy sandwich pick they wasted on ...

Hampton to DL
Published 4/4/2008 by Rob Harding at Hot Foot
... ESPN.com is reporting that Braves P Mike Hampton is headed to the disabled list after straining his pectoral muscle before his scheduled start against the Pirates tonight in Atlanta. ...

Braves’ Hampton scratched for first start since ‘05 with chest injury
Published 4/4/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
... —The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Friday, April 04, 2008 Braves’ Hampton scratched for first start since ‘05 with chest injury You have to feel for the guy. But this part made me laugh anyway: Braves manager Bobby Cox said Hampton’s first 23 warm-up pitches were “excellent.” “Then it started grabbing him,” Cox said. ...

Braves’ Hampton Back On DL
Published 4/4/2008 by Tim Malcolm at Phillies Nation
If anyone had “during his first start” on the “Mike Hampton to the DL” pool, you actually just missed. If you had “during the warmup pitches before his first start,” you got it dead on — collect your year’s supply of scrapple. Hampton has a strained left pectoral muscle — it happened during those warmup pitches. Says manager Bobby Cox: “It’s unbelievable something else could pop up like that but it did. … He felt it a little bit the other day tossing the ball and we ...

Disabled List welcomes Mike Hampton back
Published 4/4/2008 by Kevin Hayward at All on the Field sports blog
... Because if the last five years are any evidence, the marriage between Hampton and pitching is on the rocks, and it's starting to show signs of irreconcilable differences. Before attempting to take the mound for the first time in nearly three years, Hampton was once again sidelined by injury Thursday. ...

Falling Apart at the Seams
Published 4/4/2008 by Doc at Balls, Sticks, & Stuff | Phillies, Eagles, golf and other matters of great importance...
... two staffs would remain healthy enough to be the huge advantage pundits were expecting them to be. Now, less than a week into the season, there have already been significant losses by those two teams. For the Braves, Chuck James and John Smoltz began the season on the disabled list and even though Smoltz has been a healthy pitcher in recent years, he is, after all, on the wrong side of 40. The Braves are also hoping to rely on Mike Hampton, and guess what, he's already hurt and headed to the disabled list . I know, I know, hard to believe. Look up "durability" in the ...