[VAChief]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

True story. Matt Carpenter just told us in the clubhouse that after X-Rays were negative on his hand, he proved to the #STLCards trainer that his hand was OK by ... opening a jar of salsa.

— Benjamin Hochman (@hochman) August 16, 2018

I will feel better if he is still playing and producing a week from now. I have had two fractures, one in each hand/wrist area at different times in my life. Both times the initial results were negative, but fractures were found later with additional testing. Hands and wrists are so tricky, but hopefully it is a good sign and not bravado. Hopefully he was lucky, but it is too soon to think it is good to go.

Man that would that suck...he wasn't going to continue at the torrid pace he was on, but because he was so hot he was beginning to affect how other teams pitched everybody as they had an eye on when he was getting ready to hit again. That is an intangible effect that you can't really quantify fully, you just know it is there.