Blum Says Its a Good Story, but Not Completely True!

So, did Geoff Blum injure his elbow when putting on his shirt Thursday night or not? Geoff said after the game Friday that his manager, Brad Mills, got it wrong. Well, he sort of said that.

What Blum did say was that many players have loose bodies floating around in their elbows and joints and that he has had them for awhile. It was the act of putting on his shirt that finally caused a major problem. The elbow locked...swelled and started to cause pain.

So, Blum went to have an examination and the Astros were caught in a roster quandary. They had already summoned newly acquired Angel Sanchez to join the team. Now, however, with Blum's availability in question they had to remove totally undeserving Jason Bourgeois from the roster to make room for Sanchez. They couldn't drop now unneeded Ozzie Navarro because they weren't sure about Blum.

Had Blum needed to go on the disabled list Bourgeois could have been recalled immediately. Now, however, since Blum is not going on the DL, Jason must spend at least ten days back with Round Rock.

Presuming Blum ultimately is OK and the day to day injury doesn't prove more serious than that Bourgeois can expect to be back with the Astros as soon as the ten days are up and to replace Navarro.

In the meantime Blum wants to deny that he hurt himself putting on his shirt even, as he admitted to me when I suggested it after Friday's game that it is a better story. It is just not totally accurate.