Palmeiro sent home

[MaineDem]

I know sports isn't at the top of everyone's radar screens right now but here's a little story I was just reading.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 5 — Rafael Palmeiro has been sent home to Texas, where he likely will ponder the possibility of returning next year while rehabilitating knee and ankle injuries that have further ruined what was once a rewarding season.

''Everything just kind of crumbled, unexpectedly really,'' the Baltimore Orioles first baseman said Monday. ''I never expected that anything would happen to me, not at this stage of my career anyway.''

Palmeiro's season unraveled soon after he collected his 3,000 career hit on July 15. He received a 10-day suspension on Aug. 1 for testing positive for steroids, and upon his return was booed by fans in Baltimore and on the road.

He is 2-for-26 with one RBI since coming back, and has been bothered the past two weeks by injuries to his left ankle and right knee. The Orioles still expect him to play this month, but decided Monday that it would best for him to recover at home.

http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusspt/ap09-05-120154.asp?spt=mlb&vts=9520051450

What injuries??? Poor poor Rafy!

[cruadin]

1. What a sad way to end a career.

[SuperWonk]

2. Will he come back?

Should he?

If not, that is one of the worst exits of all time.