FUCK.





--- In markgrudzielanekfanclub@yahoogroups.com, chewiesgurl
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Such a shame... just before he comes back to LA:
>
> CHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs second baseman Mark Grudzielanek suffered
a
> broken right hand Saturday when he was hit by a pitch and will be
out
> two to four weeks.
> Grudzielanek was hit by Arizona's Miguel Batista in the fifth
inning.
> He stayed in the game for that inning but was lifted for a
defensive
> replacement in the sixth.
> Grudzielanek was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for X-
rays.
> He has a fractured fifth metacarpal in his right hand and was
placed
> on the 15-day disabled list.
> "It looked like it hit him more on the meat rather than his hand,"
> Cubs manager Dusty Baker said after Saturday's game.
> Grudzielanek, 33, was batting .305 for the season and was
> hitting .300 (6-for-20) on this homestand. In 24 games since July
4,
> he was batting .354 (35-for-99) with 11 doubles and 17 runs
scored.
> Augie Ojeda was recalled from Triple-A Iowa to take Grudzielanek's
> spot on the roster. Ojeda was batting .236 in 97 games at Iowa,
and
> had started 20 games at second base.
>
>
> I love this quote from Dusty: "He's been a super player for us,
not
> only offensively but defensively, too," Cubs manager Dusty Baker
> said. "We were hoping it wasn't broken. I was praying last night.
I
> said 'Lord, please don't let it be broken.' But then I got the
call
> from our trainer."
>
> Lauren