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On rare occasions, a player and an injury are perfectly paired. This is one of those times<\/a>:<\/p>\n Chipper Jones’<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> side is still sore, and now so is his back. The Braves third baseman has missed three games with a strained right oblique muscle, and when he tested it with some swings in the batting cage Sunday, his back tightened. <\/p>\n […] <\/p>\n "I took some swings lefty and couldn’t really extend on anything," Jones said. "Then I turned around right-handed and took about 10 swings and my back locked up."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Everyone else can just stop getting hurt right now, because Chipper has mastered the art. You really can’t do it any better. This latest injury could be his masterwork. <\/p>\n It’s your move, Nick Johnson<\/a>(notes)<\/a>.<\/span> Whaddya got? <\/a><\/p>\n More injury notes, just so jeepers creepers<\/a> has something to read<\/strong>: Brian Roberts<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> has been placed on the 15-day DL with an abdominal strain<\/a>. Julio Lugo<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> is the placeholder for the Orioles, but fantasy owners can obviously do better. … Colorado’s Carlos Gonzalez<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> is officially day-to-day after leaving Sunday’s game due to hamstring tightness<\/a>. He reportedly isn’t sure whether he can play in Tuesday’s game against the Mets, but this doesn’t yet sound like a long-term problem. … Ian Kinsler<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> "did baseball activities in cleats"<\/a> on Sunday, but he could only run at half-speed. The ankle remains an issue. Texas manager Ron Washington has suggested that he’d like Kinsler to get 20 rehab at-bats<\/a> before the second baseman rejoins the Rangers. … According to various unnamed friends, David Ortiz’s<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> wrist might not be entirely OK<\/a>. His reaction: "Don’t pay attention to that crap."<\/a> Papi is just 2-for-18 thus far. … Grady Sizemore<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> will miss Cleveland’s home opener<\/a> due to "mid-back tightness," but he’s "feeling much better than [Sunday]," according to his manager. … Terry Francona suggested that Jacoby Ellsbury<\/a>(notes)<\/a><\/span> (ribs) will need a couple days off<\/a>, but the outfielder managed to avoid serious injury in this collision<\/a>. … And just in case you didn’t hit the link to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution above: Chipper is expected to return to the Braves’ lineup on Wednesday, following his magnificent double injury.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n Photo via US Presswire<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On rare occasions, a player and an injury are perfectly paired. This is one of those times: Chipper Jones’(notes) side is still sore, and now so is his back. The Braves third baseman has missed three games with a strained right oblique muscle, and when he tested it with some swings in the batting cage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-524867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n