Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Astros Struggle At A Lot Of Things This Year, Including Putting on Shirts


Geoff Blum is 37 which is old for a baseball player, but not so old he should be hurting himself doing simple everyday tasks, like putting on a shirt. But that's exactly what happened July 1st after Blum's Astros beat the San Diego Padres.

Blum pulled a shirt over his head and felt a pop in his elbow. He underwent an MRI on Friday which revealed "loose bodies" in his elbow, but he is not expected to miss much time. The injury was simply a result of a lot of mileage on Blum's body, but if professional athletes can't put on shirts unharmed there's not much hope for the rest of us.

Astros manager Brad Mills had a particularly enlightening description of the injury: “He was putting on his shirt after the game and his elbow goes boom. It popped, and it blew up on him.”

Of course, when your team has a record of 32-51, tied for third-worst in baseball, not a whole lot of things are going right. When putting on shirts becomes a problem, it's time for them to make some changes.

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