Sports: A Game Of Inches

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WBC Injury+David Letterman

So I'm watching the Cuba v Mexico game on ESPN 2 and Cuban pitcher Jorge Vera seemingly injured himself on the mound. The manager came out, talked to Vera and I guess told him to work through it or something, because Vera stayed on the mound. Two pitches later, he collapsed in pain and had to be carried off the field

Classic pitcher abuse. I wonder if Dusty Baker is watching...

Anyone notice that Lindstrom, Braun, Chipper and Pedroia have all been injured on Team USA? Further proof that this stupid competition is useless.

On a related note, here is the funny clip from David Letterman detailing the top ten reasons to watch the WBC:

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1 comments:

Adam Kaplan said...: I have a hard time believing that offensive players that get injured during the WBC won't get injured in training camp or during the beginning of the season. Seriously, how strenuous is batting? Pitching maybe, but batting? Really? Plus, Chipper is old and is oft injured with or without the WBC. And Lindstrom is a reliever, how much stress is he putting on his body that he wouldn't be doing in like a month anyway?

Also, I'm very disappointed by the Top Ten. Maybe because baseball players are unaware of comic timing. That and Letterman hasn't been funny since... ever. When's Conan coming on late night?!; March 17, 2009 at 2:09 AM