7th June 2008

DTW reports Bonderman lost for season

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Bilfer at the Detroit Tigers Weblog breaks the bad news that Jeremy Bonderman was lost for the year with a condition a bit worse than your normal baseball injury.

Bonderman was examined yesterday at the Detroit Medical Center and it was determined he has a blood clot of the axillary vein due to thoracic outlet compression syndrome. Bonderman underwent a thromblysis last night, followed by an angioplasty this morning at the Detroit Medical Center, performed by Dr. Monte Harvill under the supervision of team physician Dr. Stephen Lemos.

The season was kind of over already, it’s almost definitely over now. But we have to hope young Mr. Bonderman’s healthy returns to normal.

Update: Will Carroll at Baseball Prospectus reports the same and compares the malady to that of Aaron Cook in 2004. Recovery is 6 months to a year. Cook returned to pitching almost a full year after the surgery in 2005, and is having a career year this season. (The Denver Post wrote more about Cook an article this year.) And of course it brings to mind Kenny Rogers, who was lost for half of 2007 after having a clot removed right before the season. So this is something Bonderman can recover from, which is some small amount of good news. But you hate to see it happen to anyone or any team.

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  1. 1 On June 8th, 2008, Flying J said:

    Maybe it’s the Whiskey Talking ™, but the season seems like it can’t get any worse.

    Out of runs….10 games out of first….and out of Bonderman. Will the Tiger’s road of excess lead to the palace of wisdom?

    Or maybe just a really trippy summer?

  2. 2 On June 8th, 2008, Flying J said:

    Does anybody have the “beat up” cartoon Tiger graphic from the WDIV tiger telecasts from the 80s? They used to flash the whimpering Tiger after losses. I need that like…yesterday.

  3. 3 On June 8th, 2008, Kurt said:

    I know what you’re talking about. I bet it’s on youtube somewhere if you look around!

  4. 4 On June 8th, 2008, Flying J said:

    Dude you must be committed to this blog — it’s gotta be like 4 am Tuesday in the U.P.
    I actually searched youtube endlessly but no cigar. The best part was when the cartoon tiger growled a bit at the end as if to indicate “we’ll get em next year….” er time. But year works in this case.

  5. 5 On June 8th, 2008, Kurt said:

    Ha, you’re right. It’s impossible to find.

    And no, it was only 3 a.m. Monday when I posted previously.

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