Notes: Pinched pinky leads to DL
Remlinger has non-displaced fracture of little left finger
By Carrie Muskat / MLB.com

CHICAGO -- Mike Remlinger will be very careful where he sits from now on.
The Chicago Cubs reliever suffered a non-displaced fracture of his left little finger when his hand got pinched between two recliners in the Cubs' clubhouse on Sunday. Remlinger had not appeared in a game since then but had tried to play catch with the injury.

X-rays on Wednesday revealed a non-displaced distal phalanx fracture, Cubs athletic trainer Mark O'Neal said, and Remlinger was placed on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 21.

The move is timely because it creates a roster opening for second baseman Todd Walker, who was activated from the disabled list. Walker had been rehabbing at Triple-A Iowa, where he was 8-for-37 with three RBIs and three runs scored. He sprained his left knee April 10 in a collision at second base.

Walker's injury was a fluke thing. Remlinger's is a little more bizarre.

"It happens. You just deal with it," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said.


What a sucky way to get hurt. I know some will blame this on "the curse" but I don't. Just bad luck.