Ankles Away

Two days ago, the Boston Globe ran a story about how, with Wade Miller’s return from the DL forthcoming, poor Bronson Arroyo was probably going to be edged out of the Sox rotation. Now, both Boomer Wells and Curt Schilling are DL-bound with foot and ankle injuries respectively and reliever Matt Mantei came up lame with a sprained ankle, leaving Sox fans staring at a rotation featuring journeyman lefty John Halama and rookie hurler Jeremi Gonzalez and the return of Lenny DiNardo to the Sox ‘pen. Sigh.

This recent spate of injuries comes within mere hours of the debut of the cursed Bobble-Ankle doll to benefit Curt’s ALS charity.

Coincidence? It better fuggin’ be.