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Deathblow to Detroit: Shoulder Surgery for Joel Zumaya
Published 11/1/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Forgive us for being a Debbie Downer late on this incredibly boring Thursday … but Detroit Tigers fans may want to avert your eyes: Joel Zumaya, the flamethrower who missed virtually the entire 2007 season, and was slated to take over closing duties in 2008 for that fossil Todd Jones, injured his throwing shoulder while “moving personal items” during the California fires this week. He’s already had shoulder surgery and is out until mid-season. It’s all very vague at this point, and it’s not that we don’t believe this story ...

Tigers transformation to Marlins is almost complete
Published 11/1/2007 by Jake at Motown Sports Revival
... After quickly acquiring Sheffield early in the off-season last year, the Tigers were done with major acquisitions despite some speculation to the contrary. The same could be the case this year at least offensively. Although, the recent revelation that Joel Zumaya will miss at least half of the 2008 season makes finding a good-to-great relief-pitcher a high priority. Said injury might increase the odds that the Tigers will make a run at Mariano Rivera. The Tigers have long been rumored to be searching for a left-fielder but the combination of Marcus Thames and Timo Perez ...

Zumaya a California Wildfire Casualty
Published 11/1/2007 by Jeff Kallman at The MLB Source
... Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Joel Zumaya is going to be gone for at least half of 2008 after injuring his shoulder moving items in his Chula Vista, California home during last week’s wildfires. ESPN.com reports Zumaya underwent shoulder surgery on his pitching shoulder in nearby San Diego and won’t begin a new throwing program for at least four months. ...

BLOG: More Quick Links
Published 11/1/2007 by Baseball Crank at Baseball Crank
* California wildfires lead to a shoulder injury that could cost Joel Zumaya half of next season . * Tom Maguire on Paul Krugman willfully ignoring evidence of how the Iranian regime's assistance to Al Qaeda did, in fact, contribute to the September 11 attacks . Krugman just can't help himself. *A note about something missing from the California disaster: looting . * Matt Yglesias looks at evidence that independent voters are more aggreived about illegal immigration than anything else, a finding that surprises me. Via OTB . It's pretty clear that ...

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Published 11/2/2007 by Pleats n Cleats at Pleats 'n Cleats
... All of a sudden, a heavy box falls on his pitching shoulder, he has major surgery, and now it looks like he'll miss half of next season because of it. And he was on track to be a closer (i.e., close out the games) . . . ...

Back from the DL [Sarah liveblogging tonight]
Published 4/11/2008 by Sarah Green at umpbump.com
... accident as the steaming liquid spilled all over my right forearm. I was wearing a wool sweater, which soaked up the scalding soup like a sponge and kept it simmering against my tender forearm flesh for second after agonizing second. I of course did the only rational thing: I flung down the bowl, screamed like a banshee, and stripped off half my clothes. Now, writing seems like a placid, harmless pastime, where one is exposed only to a slight risk of carpal tunnel syndrome or, if one is old-school, a paper cut or two. So what could ever stop one from writing ?! No physical ...