Boy Have Things Changed

[love_that_reefer]

Clay Buchholz was placed on the DL for what? That's right, a broken fingernail! What the hell has happened in baseball? Guys use to play with broken fingers, not just broken fingernails. I have seen a lot of weak ass shit in my time but this takes the cake! Guys back in the day use to throw in four man rotations and 300+ innings. Mickey Mantle played most of his career in pain today's guys couldn't understand and he was one of the best players of all-time. Now you have guys with turf toe and blisters and blah, blah blah. Grow a pair and tough it out!! Guys like Walter Johnson are rolling in their graves when they look down from the heavens and see this shit. I hope someone like Bob Gibson pays Clay a visit and slaps the piss out of him!

[henks]

A broken fingernail? What a pussy.

I've played with a dislocated finger, strained muscles in pitching shoulder...and I've done combat training with sprained ankles, knees, and broken toes.

Boo hoo, I get paid millions of dollars to play a game that I learned when I was 5 so I'm gonna act like a sissy because I can and will still get paid.

Blow me.


I'd play pro ball for a fraction of what those guys make. And I'd LOVE it!

[Saber]

Yeah, gloves are for pussies!

[love_that_reefer]

Sabermetrics is for.............nevermind

[Saber]

This from a Giants fan?

And didn't Cain murder Abel?

[love_that_reefer]

Yes from a baseball fan.

[DirtyKash]

Isn't the DL visit more like a convenient excuse to give him much needed time off after getting roughed up in back-to-back starts? Possibly bring up Colon for a couple of starts before the end of May...

[love_that_reefer]

If it is, a broken fingernail is the worst way to go about it!

[hot_corner_gurl]

A broken fingernail? He sounds like all the girls at my old high school. They couldn't finish their laps in PE because their nail polish was chipped. So sad.

I agree that it is sad that many players have become wimpy, although like DK said it may be more of a mental break than a physical thing. The broken nail is just their reason for his being placed on the DL.

[love_that_reefer]

Make up something else other than broken fingernail! That's why I don't think this is just for a mental break. Pulled hamstring, severely sprained ankle, anything other than broken fingernail.

[HollywoodLeo]

Was it on the pointer or middle finger of his throwing hand?

If it wasn't, I agree.

If it was, that affects his ability to throw a pitch.

I mean, it may seem silly, but if an injury affects a player's ability to play effectively why go out on the mound and cost your team success?

[hot_corner_gurl]

It was a broken nail on his right middle finger...

[love_that_reefer]

It was on his middle finger but who cares? Put a band-aid on it and throw. It's not like he throws a knuckler. Guys back in the day threw with broken fingers and had a lot more problems than Buchholz. Tired of hearing guys can't pitch because of hangnails and broken fingernails. Be a man!!