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Thursday, May 12, 2005
Step one: Place head between legs
Step two: kiss your ass goodbye.
Or you should if the discomfort Kelvim Escobar experienced in his right elbow today shelves the staff's undisputed ace:
Right-hander Kelvim Escobar said his elbow was "very sore" after giving up four runs and six hits in five innings and somehow striking out nine despite "not being even 80% of the guy I know," he said.
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But Escobar also said his discomfort is very similar to the feeling he experienced when he had bone chips in his elbow, a condition with which he has pitched parts of three seasons. He had surgery to remove bone chips in 1997 and was sidelined for six weeks.
Escobar, whose fastball dipped from its normal 94 mph to about 89 mph Wednesday, is expected to undergo X-rays and an MRI test, and it's possible he'll go on the disabled list or be forced to skip a start. If he continues to pitch, he will use anti-inflammatory medication and get elbow treatments.
The fact that Kevin Gregg (the likely beneficiary of playing time if Kelvim lands on the DL) has been torched this season opens up something of a silver lining. One of the young arms could get a shot. Maybe Jake Woods? Dustin Moseley? Might we even see Ervin Santana?
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