Oh no... Geo hurt?

by CubsBullsBears on Sep 19, 2008 11:42 AM CDT

Jesse Rogers from The Score just reported that Geo Soto has left Wrigley and is having precautionary X-rays on his hand. He will not play today. Apparantly he hurt his hand yesterday and had some pain and swelling today. Hopefully this is nothing serious.

I need more words so I'll just say that the playoffs are about 2 weeks away, so anything less than a major bone break should heal by then. He has become the heart and soul of this team, and we NEED him. There, that's enough.

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I'm sure its just a precautionary move, give him a few days off to recover

Henry has filled in nicely all year

"This is why Major League Baseball does not need instant replay, because then every single play will then be reviewed." -- Joe Morgan, 5/18/08, referring to an umpire ruling a Carlos Delgado homerun foul when replays showed it hit the foul pole.

by CubsBall2202 on Sep 19, 2008 11:45 AM CDT reply actions

he hit a HR in the bottom of the 9th

unless something happened to him after that I am sure hell be fine

"This balls got a chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannce, GONE!" - Pat Hughes

by SouthsideCUBSfan on Sep 19, 2008 11:57 AM CDT reply actions

he probably hurt it

high fiving so many people after the homer

by grathanial on Sep 19, 2008 12:30 PM CDT reply actions

but really though

it was probably that play at the plate in the top of the ninth

by grathanial on Sep 19, 2008 12:36 PM CDT reply actions

Official site

says X-rays revealed joint irritation in his hand..he’s day to day.

http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080919&content_id=3508437&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc

by Manny Trillo on Sep 19, 2008 12:47 PM CDT reply actions

Rest

Rest him until next weekend. Then get him a few at bats so he is not totally unfresh before the playofs.

Go Cubs

by puckishcubsfan on Sep 19, 2008 1:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Phew!

yep, rest is what he needs

You ARE freaking out MAN!

by crw89 on Sep 19, 2008 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions

THat explains it

I heard a loud thump about the time this was posted. Must have been all us BCBers keeling over on seeing this.

Go Cubs

by puckishcubsfan on Sep 19, 2008 1:25 PM CDT reply actions

Blown out of proportion.

He’s fine. X-rays were pre-cautionary. Media blew up the story- it’s no big deal. Everybody relax…

Jimmyeatworld

by Jimmyeatworld on Sep 19, 2008 4:20 PM CDT reply actions

somebody check on Emelie

HBCG, Sue et al…………..make sure they’re still breathing.

by MOCubsfan on Sep 19, 2008 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions

He's not QUITE Steve Stone

..but then again nobody else is.

Bob Brenly likes to talk about the wear and tear catchers deal with as the year goes on, chief amongst the complaints is that the left hand tends to hurt and/or swell late in the season from repeatedly stopping fast moving object all day. Hopefully tomorrow can be the end of the pennant race and Blanco and Hill can let Geo rest for a week or so.

by GSG on Sep 19, 2008 11:17 PM CDT reply actions