Wait and see on Percival

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Percival headed back to DL?
Published 7/1/2008 by Eric Stashin at Rotoprofessor
Troy Percival According to Marc Lancaster of The Tampa Tribune (click here for the post), the Tampa Bay Rays closer Troy Percival continues to have problems with his hamstring, which may lead to another stint on the DL.  Entering the game with a 5-2 lead, Percival lasted just 0.2 of an inning, giving up 2 runs on 3 hits, striking out 1.  With Dan Wheeler and Grant Balfour already being used, the team turned to J.P. Howell to record the final out. Percival was quoted in the post, when discussing the chances of going on the DL, by saying, “It’s not something that I want to think ...

Rays Report: Wait and see on Percival
Published 7/1/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Rays Report: Wait and see on Percival The exchange between Troy Percival and Joe Maddon in the ninth inning tonight certainly looked ugly—it wasn’t difficult for even the most inexperienced of lip-readers to pick out the profanity—but the closer said after the game, a beer in his hand, that he was just blowing off steam. “It had nothing to do with Joe. I knew Joe was doing the right thing,” said Percival. “At the time I was just frustrated about the ring shot, I was frustrated that my leg just popped again for the 12th time and I just needed to yell at somebody and he was ...

Catching Up On Stuff You Might Already Know
Published 7/1/2008 by Rob (noreply@blogger.com) at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
... Troy Percival might hit the DL with a hamstring injury. Percival gave up two runs in the top of the ninth but the Rays held on to win ...

Troy Percival Isn't Thrilled About Getting Taken Out Of A Game
Published 7/1/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... the game in the ninth pulled up lame backing up home plate which brought Joe Maddon out to replace his closer with the game on the line. After the game Percival originally denied that he was trying to stay in the game, my lip reading skills picked up quite a few "Nos" coming out of his mouth though. Unless Maddon was telling him about A-Rod and Madonna, it seems like Percy wanted to stay in the contest. He finally came around, however. "He did the right thing. I apologized to him ...