blogs.suntimes.com - 9/6/2008
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Carlos Quentin sits -- dejected, forlorn, in pain -- in the dugout Friday night during the White Sox game against the Angels at the Cell. (AP Photo) Remember how Carlos Quentin has pretty much kept the White Sox in the playoff hunt all season, saving face for the team's general manager Kenny Williams along the way? Yeah, that's all pretty much moot now that Quentin broke his wrist and may ...
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Season Over for Some Big Bats
The Disabled List Informer —
... The American League’s home run leader (with 36) won’t be launching taters any time soon. Carlos Quentin’s ridiculously productive season is nearly a lock to be done for, after he fractured his right wrist (AP Photo at left). He struck the barrel of his bat with his right hand after fouling off a pitch from Cliff Lee. Said Quentin , "My last at-bat, second pitch, I fouled it off against [Cliff] Lee, something I’ve done thousands of times since I was a kid. I had my bat in my left hand and kind of hit down on the bat head with my right hand [with a] closed fist. I hit it a ...
An Empathetic Eighth: Tigers 6, Twins 4
Bless You Boys —
... in recent weeks, and could be the difference in them winning the AL Central. (Well, Carlos Quentin's broken wrist might play a role in that race, too.) Today's game was certainly no exception, as Scott Baker handed a two-run lead over to his bullpen, and Dennys Reyes held it for all of three pitches. Curtis Granderson took him deep over the baggie in right field, and the ballgame was tied. ...
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