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Originally Posted by Jayhawk Bill
Ninth rib? 
First rib? Yeah, OK. That happens on occasion. But pitching a baseball doesn't usually create a stress fracture of the ninth rib.
Two possibilities:
1) Hughes's motion is really, really messed up somehow, or he let himself get badly out of shape this winter. Most stress fractures for baseball pitchers occur half a ribcage away from Hughes's alleged crack, but an unusual circumstance could cause an unusual injury.
2) The Yankees have found a "shadow of opportunity" on the MRI and they're using it as their excuse for removing Hughes from further damage to his ego. |
Rumor on ESPN radio said that Hughes thinks he did the damage sneezing, not pitching.