I was curious when I saw the lineup why Magglio was set as DH and Sheffield was in outfield. It even crossed my mind that he just needed a rest or was maybe due to play. But no, it appears that Marcus Thames cracked bat during the Tigers ninth inning win yesterday hit Ordonez as he headed around the bases.
“It got me really good,” Ordonez said. “The barrel of the bat hit me. I was running, and then I got hit.”
I didn’t see it happen but was probably to busy jumping around :) Either way, it appears that Maggs won’t be out of right field for long and this is largely precautionary.
There has been a large number of broken bats, I noticed this during just the Opening Day game alone. I figured it had something to do with the cold weather but the Rogers Centre dome is closed.
I just wish someone would have told Rod Allen during the game yesterday that Mags wasn’t playing in RF. Mario seemed to pick it up right away, but I don’t know if Rod ever realized it was Sheff over there, you think someone on the production staff would have corrected him.