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Under The Knife: Quick Work and Gray Braves by Will Carroll
Thank goodness for Stan Conte, the Braves deal with aches and pains, and Jorge Posada`s shoulder is worse than initially thought.
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Bronx Banter: Risky Business
Baseball Toaster — Here's Will Caroll's take on Jorge Posada : The worst-case scenario for the Yankees has always been injuries. The moves that the team needs to make around any DL move throw things off, certainly more than what we see in Boston. Posada seemed to come back from his "dead arm," but just a week later it's clear that the shoulder isn't going to hold up. What's not as clear is the path back. Remember that MRI that reportedly showed no structural damage? Now, not so much, because Posada has a torn rotator cuff, the same muscle (the subscapularis) that has Rich Harden on the shelf. ...

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