i liked the death of q!perman better on the front page. excellent photoshop, that one.

but I still love ya. Decent. Thanks for the effort.

I like Javy Dent.

Nice, Cip.

“It happened Monday in my last at-bat against [Cleveland pitcher] Cliff Lee,” Quentin said. "I fouled off the second pitch and did something I’ve done since I was a kid. I had the bat in my left hand and hit it with my right hand.

“Forty minutes later, I started feeling something in my wrist. The next morning, that was that.”

Quentin didn’t rule out returning but called his right wrist fracture “a freak thing.” He said he hurt it while fouling off a pitch in his final at-bat Monday, slamming his right hand against the knob of the bat.

Quentin denied strongly that he slammed his hand against a locker in Boston.

“Athletes are known for their high iqs and all. One in a long line
of Mensal injuries. Sucks, but I wouldn’t call a heat of the moment
thing moronic. The passion and intensity that we love during his every
AB are the same when he punches a locker. Two sides of the same coin.
Better to have seen the shooting star than to have spent 5months under
cloud cover.”

White Sox players react to news that Carlos Quentin could be gone for the season with a fractured right wrist:

Nick Swisher: "Obviously it’s a huge blow to our team. We have to pull together and take this in the best way.

"[How good will team be?]We’ll find out tonight. I think it’s a huge loss. It’s hard to tell. With the power that he’s provided, taking that out of the lineup, we have to pull together.

“The timing couldn’t be worse. I hope he heals faster than any of us can imagine.”

Jim Thome: "The bottom line is we have to hope for the best. It’s going to be tough. Anytime you take a bat like that out of the lineup, it’s going to be very tough. We all need to step it up.

“It’s hard to replace a guy in the middle of the lineup. When Ozzie [Guillen] changed the lineup before it worked well. We’ll have to see what happens. The bottom line is we have three weeks to go, and it should be a fun three weeks. Let’s enjoy it.”

The Sox’ lineup tonight is Orlando Cabrera, A.J. Pierzynski, Jermaine Dye, Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Ken Griffey Jr., Alexei Ramirez and Juan Uribe.

OC, SS; AJ, C; [Qmorial]; Dye, RF; Thome, DH; PK, 1B; Griffey, CF; Misle, 2B; Swish, LF; Uribe, 3B. Buehrle pitching.

Anyone have the Quentin picture with him on a horse (was it a unicorn?)

I remember seeing it back in April.

Trying to collect some photoshopped images of Quentin. And cry to them as I try to sleep.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3571240

The bad news…

“What did happen was kind of unfortunate. It’s kind of something that, you know, I still have trouble believing that it happened that way,” Quentin said Friday.

"My last at-bat, the second pitch I fouled off against Lee. Something I’ve done thousands of times since I was a kid. A little frustrated. I had the bat in my left hand and I just kind of hit down on the bat head with my right hand with a closed fist. I kind of hit a little bit low, nicked my wrist and finished the at-bat.

“Forty minutes later, I started feeling something in my wrist. I woke up the next morning and that was that. Something I’ve done a lot, and unfortunately it hit the bone perfectly. Not a good spot.”

The good news…

“The last two days we’ve gone over every scenario possible, every option possible. We’ve explored everything that would allow me to get on the field as fast as possible,” Quentin said. “We’re going with this option because it gives me a chance to get back on the field.”

Quentin said he was also assured this approach would not have any long-range consequences for his wrist.