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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Rockies: Guthrie lands on 15-day DL after bike accident

Guthrie: Bicycle Chain Around My Leg

Jeremy Guthrie has become the latest Colorado Rockie to land on the disabled list because of a freak accident.

The Rockies pitcher was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Friday after injuring his right shoulder in a bike accident earlier in the day.

Guthrie had been riding his bike to the stadium when the chain came off his Cannondale bicycle, sending him falling to the ground and jamming the right-hander’s shoulder.

He underwent an MRI that showed no structural damage to his throwing shoulder. Manager Jim Tracy said Guthrie was just dealing with pain in his AC joint, and that he would “miss a couple of starts.”

Repoz Posted: April 28, 2012 at 09:31 AM | 17 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Gamingboy Posted: April 28, 2012 at 09:50 AM (#4118352)

Why does this stuff only happen to baseball players?

2. Joey B. has ignited his October #Natitude Posted: April 28, 2012 at 09:59 AM (#4118357)

That's it, I give up. Just let these f*cking little pussies go back to taking their steroids again, because this is absolutely ridiculous.

3. Tom Nawrocki Posted: April 28, 2012 at 10:36 AM (#4118379)

Drew Pomeranz also came out of last night's game with "forearm stiffness," and may miss a start or two. Rockies may be looking for a phone number for Byung-Hyun Kim.

4. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines Posted: April 28, 2012 at 10:42 AM (#4118384)

It's common to have trouble coping with the altitude, for bike fans who move to Denver from places like Baltimore.

5. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) Posted: April 28, 2012 at 11:08 AM (#4118400)

Rockies may be looking for a phone number for Byung-Hyun Kim

look in the phone book under "gopher"

6. puck Posted: April 28, 2012 at 11:09 AM (#4118403)

Moscoso gets a chance to start...to see if he's the new Greg Smith.

7. Lassus Posted: April 28, 2012 at 11:27 AM (#4118415)

Could be worse, he could have ended up like poor Ernest Chausson.

8. Jim Wisinski

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 11:32 AM (#4118421)

Should have been riding a Trek.

9. Tyhand7 Posted: April 28, 2012 at 11:37 AM (#4118425)

Who was called up?

10. Tyhand7 Posted: April 28, 2012 at 11:38 AM (#4118427)

Nevermind. I see it was Moscoso. Yawn.

11. Randy Jones

Posted: April 28, 2012 at 11:40 AM (#4118428)

It's common to have trouble coping with the altitude, for bike fans who move to Denver from places like Baltimore.

Assuming the article is correct about what happened, I don't see how the altitude would cause the chain to come off.

12. Fred Lynn Nolan Ryan Sweeney Agonistes Posted: April 28, 2012 at 12:07 PM (#4118449)

Moscoso gets a chance to start...to see if he's the new Greg Smith.

No way Moscoso's pickoff move is that good.

13. Arch Stanton Posted: April 28, 2012 at 01:27 PM (#4118504)

Guthrie should ride to the stadium on a Hoveround like Jamie Moyer.

14. billh Posted: April 28, 2012 at 01:46 PM (#4118512)

I was wondering if he went into the mountain or over the cliff.

15. rlc Posted: April 28, 2012 at 02:16 PM (#4118530)

It's common to have trouble coping with the altitude, for bike fans who move to Denver from places like Baltimore.

Assuming the article is correct about what happened, I don't see how the altitude would cause the chain to come off.

When cerebro-sprocketal edema disorients your derailleur, you need to pop it in a Gamow bag and ship it back to sea level, stat.

16. Walt Davis Posted: April 28, 2012 at 03:49 PM (#4118575)

Belt drive

17. zack Posted: April 30, 2012 at 11:02 AM (#4119669)

That old USAToday feature on Guthrie that is linked in the article had him riding a Cannondale Hooligan, which is a unique bike (basically a full-size MTB but with 20" wheels, more similar to a folding bike than anything else). I was expecting a boring $10,000 road bike, and a ungraceful fall.

But if that is the Cannondale mentioned in this article, then he was probably getting rad when he hurt himself, because it is impossible to ride that bike without getting rad.

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