Rolen Out Of The ASG

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As you may have read elsewhere, Scott Rolen has taken his name off the All-Star roster.

"I need to get to full strength, and I'm not there yet. I had a very rough time (Saturday) and was still having a tough time this morning. It seemed to be everybody's opinion that I needed four days off more than I needed to go to Detroit, and I couldn't disagree."

Thank you, Scott. We at The Birdwatch whole-heartedly endorse your decision to take the few days off, since we all know what happens when Cards with hurt shoulders participate in the All-Star festivities.

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Injuries get re-aggravated, and things get ugly in the second half. Very ugly.

Also, Rolen withdrawing allows a very deserving Morgan Ensberg to make the team as a reserve behind new starter Aramis "I'll start playing hard once I'm traded out of Pittsburgh" Ramirez. Ensberg is third in the National League with 24 home runs, and trails only Albert Pujols and Derrek Lee with his .983 OPS... yet, until the day beforehand, he wasn't even an All-Star.

Posted by MO Boiler at July 11, 2005 08:37 PM
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This thing with Rolen's shoulder is starting to sound a little bit scary.

Posted by: Rob at July 12, 2005 03:08 AM

Yeah... at least he's playing. And not performing THAT bad -- his defense is still solid, and I've gotta believe his bat will come around in time (maybe with a little less power). Either way, the rest is a VERY good plan.

Posted by: MO Boiler at July 12, 2005 04:56 PM