Randy Wolf To Miss Friday Start

That the Dodgers had adequate depth to sustain these little bumps and bruises but I am sure for Torre and company, they feel more comfortable with Padilla and Garland instead of Stults and Haegar.

I’m wondering if this Friday is becoming like that Sunday game at home against Atlanta:

first Elbert was announced, then he pitched in relief.
then Weaver was announced, and he warmed up inrelief
then Stults was called up, and made just one start.

Jeter just tied Lou Gehrig.

Clayton Kershaw told Rick Monday on the pregame show that he was doing his usual “power shagging” when he hit the wall shagging flies.

Also per the pregame show, Chad Billingsley had a “closed door meeting” with Torre and Rick Honeycutt today.

Maybe it was something like the classic “Sermon on the Mound” with Lasorda and Hershiser in 1983. :)

is up. Also mentions Kershaw recovery and Billingsley’s meeting, plus other injury reports.

But during a bullpen session before Tuesday night’s game in Arizona, Wolf felt stiffness and tried to compensate by changing his mechanics, at which point the decision was made to send him to Los Angeles for an exam. Dr. Neal ElAttrache administered a cortisone injection Wednesday to calm “irritation,” according to trainer Stan Conte. The discomfort is not in the area of the Tommy John operation Wolf underwent in 2005. “It was a little tight, not a lot of pain,” Conte said. “It doesn’t seem really serious.”

“He’s fine,” Torre said. “We talked for a long time to make sure nothing was bothering him physically. Right now, he just needs a good outing.” Torre said he believes Billingsley’s drop in velocity is the result of “trying to be too careful” and not injury. He said he admires a player who wants to fight through an injury, but not at the expense of the club.