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The Big Boo Boo

Again, this could be a long season.

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10 comments

1 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Mar 17, 2013 8:44 pm

What the hell is a 'tendon sheath'? I don't even care..It's Mariano and Cano this year for me anyways, with some Captain, Ichiro & CC thrown in. The rest is just..boring ABs by Hafner, Youkilis and whoever catches.

2 monkeypants   ~  Mar 17, 2013 10:05 pm

[1] But aren't you at least a little excited to see that kid they have down on the farm get a chance in the bigs filling in for Teix?

And remeind me, was Teix hurt during WBC-related activities?

3 Chyll Will   ~  Mar 17, 2013 11:04 pm

[2] Karim Garcia?

Maybe Cashman should call the Phillies while the gettin's good...

4 Mr OK Jazz Tokyo   ~  Mar 18, 2013 12:14 am

[2][3] You guys continue to slay me..keeping the Banter Comment Ratings high as always!

So Japan goes down to Puerto Rico..DR vs PR in the final. Prediction: A lot of great music coming from the stands.

5 Boatzilla   ~  Mar 18, 2013 12:59 am

[1] Youks ABs are never boring. You're gonna love him, too. I hope they leave him at 3rd, though.

[2] The WBC is not the problem. It's a scapegoat. If these guys can't play in games when the WBC starts (which is after they have already played some spring training games), they shouldn't be on the field.

Tex was hurt hitting off a tee. That's like getting hurt lacing up your spikes.

6 Start Spreading the News   ~  Mar 18, 2013 8:01 am

[6] Hurt hitting off a tee? Tex Pavano'd himself!

7 Chyll Will   ~  Mar 18, 2013 9:03 am

[6] Well nah, it wasn't like he did it on his first swing... too much tee.

8 Chyll Will   ~  Mar 18, 2013 9:21 am

I'm thinking that the human body is not really up to the super-human reflexes that today's sporting demands of it. The mindset and the enhancers don't do much to help keep that in perspective, either. Seems to me like sports medicine and (regular) medicine are very counter-intuitive; heal someone as quickly as possible so they can go back out and do the same thing that caused the injury, only faster and more devastating.

Teix claims he hurt himself from overextending himself; while that might be part of the contract, it's kinda silly that we expect athletes to respond at the blink of an eye the same exact way for ten to twenty years. If anything, unfortunately cynical as it sounds, I would take this as an indication that he's likely not using any PEDs; or if he did, he stopped at the wrong time.

9 BobbyB   ~  Mar 18, 2013 9:40 am

At this point, how much worse can it get, really. I figured this was a serious injury. I don't know how Cashman didn't know that this might be season-ending but with the Yankees determined to get below the cap for next year and the big contracts that cannot be dumped, you had to figure this year would be a washout. Won't stop me for rooting for them but anything over .500 will be a surprise to me. Pitching in the regular season can only get you so far. You have to score some runs. I'll root for my old team, the Giants of San Francisco where my wife and I had season tickets from 1981-1990 before moving back here. All those cold nights at Candlestick and the many losing seasons made me treasure all these years rooting for the Yankees because such a long period of winning is really unusual.

10 Bama Yankee   ~  Mar 18, 2013 9:57 am

[3] Who is the most famous Banter Jeopardy answer of all time?

Let's go with Anal Bum Cover for $1000, Mr. Trebek...

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