In the Company of Orie, Swisher and Vic Harris: Arcane Cubs List of the Week
For reasons known only to themselves, the Cubs have continued to trot out Aramis Ramirez on a more or less regular basis, though: a.) he is said to be suffering from a lingering and painful bone bruise just beneath his left thumb, and b.) either as a result of the aforementioned injury or other, indeterminate causes, it appears he can no longer hit.
Neither a cortisone injection late last week nor a special doughnut pad attached to Ramirez’s bat to relieve pressure on the ailing thumb have helped the third baseman’s production: in the three games since receiving the cortisone shot, Ramirez has gone 2-for-11, including an 0-for-4 (with two strikeouts) in this afternoon’s loss at Pittsburgh.
