Getty Images Rafael Furcal had a little accident and will miss Sunday night’s game with the Cubs. Tweets Buster Olney:
Rafael Furcal sprained his thumb when bracing a fall, after tripping over a rope near the batting cage here in Wrigley…
Olney didn’t say which thumb. Furcal broke his left thumb and missed six weeks earlier this season. He also missed a month with a strained oblique, and he’s hit just .204/.275/.284 with 26 runs scored in 211 at-bats for the season.
With Furcal out, the Cards have Daniel Descalso playing shortstop and batting eighth tonight. Skip Schumaker is in the leadoff spot.
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- crookedstick - Aug 21, 2011 at 6:12 PM
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LaRussa has already filed a protest with MLB because the rope wasn’t there when the Cubs were taking BP.
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- jimbo1949 - Aug 21, 2011 at 7:24 PM
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Did you forget the sarcasmoticon?
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- stlducks - Aug 21, 2011 at 7:04 PM
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wow crookedstick, bash a manager for sticking up for his team. I dont think larussa would have said anything if the players didnt say something.
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- paperlions - Aug 21, 2011 at 7:48 PM
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With his incessant complaining about things, LaRussa has earned the jokes.
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- fearlessleader - Aug 21, 2011 at 8:04 PM
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The St. Louis Post says it’s the right thumb, and calls the injury severe. As a lifelong Cards fan, let’s just say that the finger I’m giving to this season is right in the middle.
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- wlschneider09 - Aug 22, 2011 at 8:05 AM
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Ah yes, but is it strained from overuse, just like a certain digit on us Twins fan is?
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- lanflfan - Aug 22, 2011 at 4:01 PM
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I see the real Rafael Furcal stood up. Dodger fans know this all too well.
Get used to it, Card’s fans, this guy makes a glass jaw look like titanium.
