G-Fafif Old-Timey Member Posted September 25, 2009 Posted September 25, 2009 An Onion headline if ever there was one, except it's real and on ESPN:Lee injured after slap from teammateThe whole story:While celebrating a come-from-behind, ninth-inning win over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday, the Chicago Cubs couldn't avoid yet another "Cubby Occurrence."First baseman Derrek Lee scored the game-tying run ahead of Jeff Baker, whose two-out, two-strike home run off San Francisco closer Brian Wilson put the team in line for the win.As Lee and Baker were mobbed by teammates in the dugout, relief pitcher Angel Guzman slapped the side of Lee's helmet, causing Lee to experience neck spasms that forced him to come out of the game for defense in the bottom of the ninth.Lee has missed numerous games over the years with neck and back spasms, after initially suffering the injury in a home-plate collision in 2006.After the game Thursday, Lee told team personnel that he'd be in the lineup Friday night, but the team's training staff could insist that he sit out a game or two.Manager Lou Piniella coined the term "Cubby Occurrence" to explain strange happenings that may have factored into the organization going more than 100 years without winning a World Series.
Guest Kong76 Guests Posted September 25, 2009 Posted September 25, 2009 The only thing missing is Milton Bradley.
ashie62 Old-Timey Member Posted September 26, 2009 Posted September 26, 2009 Guzman was a 50 game PED convict
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