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the fluffer
05-05-2007, 11:27 PM
Setup man Joel Zumaya, whose fiery fastball became one of the most dominant pitches in baseball last season, left the bullpen and will go the 15-day disabled list with a possible dislocation to the middle finger of his right hand.

Manager Jim Leyland planned on using Zumaya Saturday night regardless of the situation. The second-year right-hander hadn't pitched since Monday, and Leyland hoped to give him Sunday off ahead of Monday's scheduled off-day.

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070505&content_id=1948582&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det
BFC
05-06-2007, 11:57 AM
I still can't understand this one. He dislocated his middle finger on his throwing hand while throwing in the bullpen??? Talk about freak injuries...but this one could be serious. He's going to have to be 100% confident in that finger to even consider pitching again, because it's kinda hard to throw a fastball/curveball/anything without your middle finger.
SectionBNole
05-06-2007, 12:39 PM
Yeah that is beyond strange.

Perhaps a cover for a damaged ego because he cant throw a strike?
BFC
05-07-2007, 05:32 PM
Per ESPN:

Zumaya out 12 weeks with a ruptured tendon in middle finger.

Bye bye!
fquaye14ten
05-07-2007, 05:32 PM
3 replies and no guitar hero jokes?
23Ventura
05-07-2007, 06:18 PM
3 replies and no guitar hero jokes?

I thought about that, but I couldn't come up with anything funnier than "I bet he hurt his finger playing guitar hero!" Anyway, Zumaya is an asshole, I don't feel bad for him one bit.
1951Campbell
05-07-2007, 06:30 PM
3 replies and no guitar hero jokes?

Yeah, SATC is slippin'.
samram
05-07-2007, 08:37 PM
Mordecai brown pitched with three fingers and this shithead can't pitch with four? They don't make them like they used to. :oldman:
IWMB
05-08-2007, 10:38 AM
bummer, im so disappointed
the fluffer
05-08-2007, 11:08 AM
Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya is expected to be out for 12 weeks because of a ruptured tendon in his middle right finger.

Zumaya, who regularly throws fastballs at over 100 mph, hurt himself while warming up Saturday night at Kansas City. He was examined Monday in New York by Dr. Charles Melone, who was scheduled to perform surgery Thursday.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2863225