Speier out two weeks with sore finger

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DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Justin Speier's minor setback is going to cost him two weeks of training camp.
An MRI on Wednesday revealed no significant damage to the middle finger on his right hand. He tore a tendon in that same finger last September and felt irritation in it when he threw earlier Wednesday.
"A couple of weeks and it should calm down," Jays manager John Gibbons said. "There's nothing major there. He won't throw but he will work out."
Speier left the team yesterday to pay a visit to a hand specialist in North Carolina. He spent three months re-habbing the finger in the off-season and had been throwing for two months problem-free before feeling the discomfort.

http://torontosun.com/Sports/Basebal...60401-sun.html

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Man, no more injuries please! At least this one won't be too long either. Hopefully Speier won't miss too much throwing time and not have any setbacks because of this.

[Halladay_is_God]

http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/NASA...=.jsp&c_id=tor
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Good news: Toronto reliever Justin Speier was back in camp on Saturday after going to Baltimore on Friday to see a specialist for his injured right middle finger. He returned in a good mood after learning the injury was not too serious.

Earlier this week, Speier felt pain in the same finger he suffered a strained tendon in last September, when he had to cut his season short. That history had the 32-year-old reliever worried about what reinjuring the finger could mean.

"Last year, I had to rehab it for two or three months," Speier said. "So when [I injured the finger again], I had that timetable in my mind. But the doctor said it was just a minor setback."

Speier said that he would be able to throw again in a couple days. Gibbons noted that the pitcher was given a splint that he could wear while throwing, but that it was up to Speier to use it or not.

that is good news

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On a follow up story, John Gibbons is having surgery on his ass. I think there is a connection between the two.



Ok I made it up.