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Get Well Soon

The florists around the Fens are sure to be kept busy over the upcoming weeks, because there are a heckuva lot of Get Well Soon bouquets that need to be sent out.

Get Well Soon: David Ortiz
Someone get out a big honkin' bouquet to Papi's wrist, STAT. Everyone agrees that there is a tear in the tendon sheath in his left wrist (more specifically, a "partial tear of the extensor carpi ulnaris tendon sheath in his left wrist"), and that he'll likely be out for a month... but everyone fears the Boston Herald report that he may need season-ending surgery if that month off doesn't do the trick.

Get Well Soon: Daisuke Matsuzaka
June 12th is circled on the Sox calendar- it's the first day Dice-K is eligible to come off the DL from his "mild deltoid rotator cuff strain". Thank goodness for Bartolo Colon. And who would ever have thought I'd be uttering those words this season.

~~Get Well Soon~~ Stay Well: Clay Buchholz's Fingernail
I don't know what he did to tear his fingernail so severely as to land on the 15-day DL (overzealous Madonna karaoke? jello wrestling Dustin Pedroia?), but please don't let it happen again while he's in Pawtucket.

Get Well Soon: Hideki Okajima's Mojo
He's allowed 11 of 14 inherited runners to score this season. His ERA just ballooned from 0.72 to 2.10... in one game. He notched his fifth blown save of 2008. With Oki's trademark sensational command going M.I.A., the already rocky (to say the least) bullpen is even more uncertain. Jonathan Papelbon can't be expected to do everything, people!

Get Well Soon: Julio Lugo's Defense
Don't think we've forgotten about you, Mr. Error Man.

Comments (12)

[ sittingstill ] says:
on June 3, 2008 11:21 AM

I can't imagine why Clay has trouble with his fingernails...

[ Texas Gal ] says:
on June 3, 2008 11:27 AM

Papelbon needs to set him down and have a talk with him about how to baby his paws. You know, with whatever super special lotion hand treatment Paps uses.

[ Meghan ] says:
on June 3, 2008 12:36 PM

If i recall correctly, Paps said he gets paraffin treatments. They should train LMonstro to give manicures.

[ SoxPhan ] says:
on June 3, 2008 12:42 PM

::imagines Paps at the salon, reading Us Weekly and sipping a mimosa while getting his bi-monthly paraffin treatment::

[ Adam ] says:
on June 3, 2008 12:57 PM

good job outta you not letting horrible Julio off the hook!

[ Lyndsay ] says:
on June 3, 2008 1:42 PM

Clay just has an overzealous manicurist is all. he has to make sure next time she knows not to trim the cuticles!!!

Ortiz will likely spend his time off watching Leno, the X-Files and getting his hair cut.

and what about J.D. "Bueller" Drew and his "vertigo"/sprained wrist/sore quad/general booboos?

[ Twinkie ] says:
on June 3, 2008 2:37 PM

I still think Lugo got a lot better since his concussion. Maybe that's what the O's need to do to Mora...

[ jules ] says:
on June 3, 2008 2:46 PM

Paps gets paraffin treatments? wow.

Whatever it takes ;-).

Get well, Papi! It will be interesting to see what Theo does if Papi is out the rest of the season.

Oh, and yes, Oki...

sigh.

[ Lyndsay ] says:
on June 3, 2008 5:09 PM

So Lugo was like Kramer when he hit his head, talking about Yo Yo Ma and eating onions he thought were apples???

[ Twinkie ] says:
on June 3, 2008 5:22 PM

Umm... I guess? Kinda? I don't know. I haven't watched that episode for a while.

[ Liza ] says:
on June 3, 2008 5:23 PM

Kelly, those are some fantastic photos. And very fitting.

[ ecl1958 ] says:
on June 3, 2008 7:05 PM

Liza...my diagnosis: Ingrown nails!

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