Good news, Braves fans!
Jordan Schafer, the Atlanta Braves‘ prospect suspended for 50 games for human growth hormone use, did not test positive for HGH. Rather, he was suspended after major league baseball probed anecdotal evidence of HGH use by Schafer, two sources familiar with Schafer’s case told ESPN The Magazine’s Buster Olney.
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It’s Metastisizing, Jim: Chipper Goes Down
Posted in Baseball, baseball cancer, braves, chipper on Jun 1st, 2007
Well, I guess positive thinking didn’t do it. Chipper’s on the DL with a bruised hand. Sorry, Braves fans. Especially for this part:
“I think there’s something else. I don’t know what,” he said. “I’ve got pain in both hamate bones in the outside of the palms. I’ve got pain radiating into my wrists.”
Baseball Cancer Never Forgets
Posted in Baseball, baseball cancer, braves, smoltz on May 30th, 2007
Smoltz. Again. Dude went down after re-injuring his pinkie and “tweaking” his shoulder. No announcement yet, but taking him out was apparently a cautionary move, and probably had something to do with the fact he gave up three runs in less than five innings.
Oh God, denial.
Smoltz Beats Baseball Cancer, J-Bla
Posted in Baseball, baseball cancer, braves, smoltz on May 15th, 2007
Thank God, this terrible curse couldn’t cost John Smoltz a start.
The Atlanta Braves do not anticipate John Smoltz will miss his next start Saturday in Boston opposite Daisuke Matsuzaka after the veteran right-hander dislocated his right pinky finger in Monday’s loss to the Nationals.
Of course, he’s up against against Dice-K, whose pitching must have […]
Baseball Cancer Rides Again
Posted in Baseball, baseball cancer, braves on May 15th, 2007
John Smoltz, who turns 40 on Tuesday, pitched well for the Braves before he hurt his pitching hand tagging Austin Kearns during a rundown in the bottom of the seventh.
Immediately after applying the tag at chest level, Smoltz fell to the ground in obvious pain. He then got up, looked at his […]
Cancerous Update: Chipper Jones
Posted in Baseball, baseball cancer, braves, chipper jones on May 2nd, 2007
May 2 Mark Bowman, of Braves.MLB.com, reports Atlanta Braves 3B Chipper Jones (quad) could sit out the Wednesday, May 2, game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Jones has been playing while dealing with some discomfort in his right quad, and if he sits it will be the first game he has missed this season.
Guess who’s on […]