Ryan Howard

[jorwoods]

The yahoo tag says he sat out last night to rest his sore wrist...

is this a new thing? i just acquired him last week.

is he going to play tonight?

thanks!

[puckwild]

He sat out because Randy Johnson was pitching, and he had not had a day off in a while. He's fine!

[puckwild]

He sat out because Randy Johnson was pitching, and he had not had a day off in a while. He's fine!

[teddyballgamemvp]

He got the same disease David Ortiz had when the Sox faced Randy Johnson in Yankee Stadium late last year. They found the miracle cure a few minutes after the game was over.

[acsguitar]

Yea I don't buy that he was actually injured

[Snakes Gould]

Philadelphia Daily News

"Howard hadn't missed a start since May 14 and he gladly accepted the day of rest. He was nursing a jammed right wrist suffered in a home plate collision Sunday as well as a sore left shoulder that had nagged him for 2 days."

nagging, nursing, hes fine, dont sweat it. it was a routine day off against the lefty but i dont think the "injuries" were of the phantom variety.

[acsguitar]

Has Eric Chavez batted against RJ yet this year? Doens't he always skip out because he's afraid

[Snakes Gould]

yes he has. 0-3. his first career abs off randy tho.

but at the same time, chavez is a career .244 hitter off ALL lefties. so what chance does that give him against one of the best of all time. probably under .200 i would say, so it seems pretty strategic to bench him against RJ, not chavez being a chump.

[nate128]

howard has 2 HRs already half way through the game.... no worries about his injury here.

[fishbelly]

and seven RBI to boot