Blister sends Wood to Disabled List:
Kerry Wood was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Thursday with his blister problem, but the Cubs have backdated it the allowable 10 days to make him eligible again on Tuesday in Milwaukee.
“He is making progress and he’s getting better,’ general manager Jim Hendry said. “But I think with this time off, he’s going to need a little work, whether it’s a couple of (bullpen sessions) or a ‘pen and a (simulated) game, we’ll see how it goes. But I think it would probably not be in the best interest of anyone if we got him ready say by Saturday or Sunday and throw him right out there in a game with this long of time off.”
The good news is that it should be a very short stay and he should be back for the series against the Brewers… the bad news is that he’ll be back for the series agaisnt the Brewers and they have are one of the few teams that have lit him up this year.
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Why is it that every time I see the prase “landing on the DL,” I envision a pitcher prone on the ground out like Dave Dravecky? I realize that makes me a bad person, but still…
Dave Dravecky… now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a while.
If memory serves, I believe he was the only San Francisco Giant who didn’t throttle the Cubs in the 1989 playoffs.
Actually, it was Rick Reuschel that threw batting practice to the Cubs in the first inning of game 2. He gave up 5 runs and was pulled after 0.2 innings. Dravecky had broken his arm earlier in the year while pitching against the Expos and, thus, he never pitched in the World Series.