July 10, 2008
Pessimistic Outlook
It appears Mark Mulder's career is over:
Opening a 4-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, the Cardinals lefthander walked from the field after managing one out, a strikeout of shortstop Jimmy Rollins, followed by two walks. The same pitch that struck out Rollins caused Mulder pain so severe he could not throw any of his last eight pitches from the same angle or with the same force.
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The Cardinals are expected to put Mulder on the disabled list today and promote lefthanded prospect Jaime Garcia from Class AAA Memphis. Mulder is scheduled to have an MRI today in St. Louis; the procedure may be little more than a formality for a pitcher who has needed two shoulder operations and has had four unsuccessful rehab assignments since earning his last major-league win in June 2006.
Mulder did put together six great seasons. At the end of 2005 he was 97-50, a .660 winning percentage. While he was never much of a strikeout pitcher, he walked less than three batters per nine innings and allowed 19.5 HR per 200 innings. It's just another example of how fragile pitchers can be.
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re: Mulder
well, mulder may be through as a ballplayer, but starting on July 25th, the X-FILES will be open again, and he can return to the FBI BUREAU with special agent DANA SCULLY to investigate special cases of the weird, the unnatural and the unexplained.
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. BELIEVE NO ONE. ALL LIES LEAD TO THE TRUTH.
--Art Kyriazis, Area 51