Baseball question: Has any MLB team injured more pitchers than Cubs

[HereSince1628]

have this season? It's one of those nagging questions that keep my mind off important news like Condi calling anti-war critics proponents of slavery.

[ComerPerro]

1. Have any fans injured more brain cells than Cubs fans?

[HereSince1628]

2. The Cubs don't have fans...they have "masses" short for masochists

But I am wondering if any MLB team in history has injured more pitchers in a single season.

[MrCoffee]

3. Google is not helping me with this question.

And it's an interesting question. Prior, O'Malley, Rusch, Wood, am I forgetting anyone? Who the hell is their pitching coach?

[reyd reid reed]

4. Rothschild's the pitching coach.

And Zambrano went down after 1 1/3 innings yesterday. Lower back. And you forgot Marshall. Scott Eyre. I dunno where Marmol went. Guzman came out the other day, too. And a few others.

Cubs have started thirteen pitchers this year. Eight of 'em have been rookies.

EIGHT. Rookies. EIGHT.

*sigh*

:cry:

[MrCoffee]

5. good god. they're dropping like flies.

[HereSince1628]

6. I suppose it depends on whether you are

gonna call arm cramps, or back spasms injuries. Cause if you do you get to add yet another rookie and the Z.

[reyd reid reed]

9. Well, Guzman had cramps in his hand...

And there was that time that Carlos got the cramps in his arm...from his keyboard and mouse. Seems he was spending too much time online. They must've gotten him an ergonomic one. Now they need to get him an ergonomic chair, I guess.

At least nobody sneezed.

Izturis is out, too. And Lee's not back to every day. Something's up with Jones. And Neifi's gone. And they traded Nevin. And Walker. And....and....Maddux.

Usually I hold off until the last game of the season for the tears...this year they've been constant.

:cry:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. I'm not sure it's fair to count Wood. That seems like a

carryover from 05. I like the guy but I hope the experiment is over.

[reyd reid reed]

12. Worst thing that ever happened to Wood

was that 20 K game in his rookie year. I mean, how can he possibly live up to that? I think he's finished as a starter, definitely as #1. Last year he pitched out of the bullpen for a while and looked good but he takes so long to warm up. Then there's Wade Miller, who the Cubs acquired before the season started and I have yet to see.

They let Flash go and it's been closer by desperation ever since. Last year, I swear some days Borowski couldn't borrow a strike. Dempster can't decide whether he wants to be Dempster or Dumpster. Wuertz has days when he's Wuertzless. Ohman....oh, man. Sometimes...


Ah, the life of a Cubs fan.

*sigh*

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Well, there was that time in 1963

when the entire Los Angeles Angels pitching staff drowned in a tragic post-doubleheader orgy accident at Johnny Grant's house — except Bo Belinsky, who survived by clinging to Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren.

[MrCoffee]

8. dammit, i was drinking that coffee...

now i have to lick my monitor clean.

[warrens]

10. The Braves are pretty damn close

They've had about 15 different starting pitchers this year.

[Shakespeare]

13. The A's are right there, too (maybe even more)

Our awesome-but-fragile starter Harden has been out almost all season (should be back before the end of the month, though). Houston Street is out with a groin pull, Loaiza was out earlier this year with back spasms, and Kennedy, Witasik and Duchscherer have all been on the DL this season, too. This is the first year I haven't bitched about Billy Beane's unhealthy addiction to acquiring pitchers, because we've actually needed them this year.

[Bossy Monkey]

14. I thought Roger Craig killed the entire Giants staff trying to teach

everybody the splitter (eg Billy Swift, John Burkett). However, Google is not backing up my memory on this one so far.