The St. Louis Cardinals placed pitcher Chris Carpenter on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left rib cage on Wednesday and said he could be out four to eight weeks."If it's not bad, it's four [weeks]," manager Tony La Russa said before the Cardinals met the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon in Phoenix. "If it's bad, it's eight. I have no idea. Just keep our fingers crossed."Carpenter is expected to undergo an MRI in St. Louis in the next few days.http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story/2009/04/15/sp-carpenter-injury.html
This tidbit is a classic example of the glass-is-mostly-full analysis the prognosticators always give the Cardinals. Where were the concern trolls last month? It's hardly a secret that Chris Carpenter is a 33-year-old pitcher with an extensive injury history, yet the story out of s/t wasn't whether he'd stay healthy but how awesome he looked.
I was watching that game. He supposedly did it during a swing of the bat.
Funny, too, how Carpenter's health and return to form were all but assured as a part of the Co-ards drive to a WS berth, but picking up the slightly older Hampton was a move of last-gasp desperation by an owner in denial. Hmmm.
They overlooked that the back end of their bullpen resembles Kris Benson's wife, its a revolving door.
