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Jon Lieber's Season Most Likely Over

Jun 24, 2007 – 1:17 AM
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Good thing the Phillies stocked up on all those starting pitchers. It now looks like, after Brett Myers was moved to the bullpen and subsequently got hurt and Freddy Garcia also got hurt and is out for a while, that Jon Lieber is probably going to be out for the season with a ruptured tendon in his foot.
"It's going to be a while, no matter how you look at it," said Lieber, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list. "I have no clue. I knew it was a little bit more than a tweak, but I didn't think it would be this bad."

No one thought that on June 20, when Lieber stood in the bowels of Jacobs Field and spoke of not missing a start. He said he felt a pop when, after giving up a single to Casey Blake, he moved to back up home plate, but hoped for the best.
As you know, when you hope for the best, you also have to prepare for the worst. Add this to the injuries to Francisco Rosario (15 day DL with a right shoulder injury), Antonio Alfonseca (battling ankle soreness) and Tom Gordon, you have a team that has lost a lot of pitching, and will have to hold it together with duct tape and bubble gum just to stay in the thick of it in the N.L. East.

Previously on The Fanhouse:
Freddy Garcia ... INJURED
Brett Myers ... INJURED
Tom Gordon ... INJURED
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