I'm curiouser and curiouser about what will/could happen if Roberts back lands him on the IR during the season. Can Wiggy be a full time 2baser, is Andino up to the task, is there anyone in the minors who could conceivably step up???
Is Pie really looking like the second coming of Paul Blair? And what about Lou Montanez, until he got hurt he looked like the most talented of the your OFs.

Pete, Brian does not have "a small herniated disk in his back," he has a small herniation of a disk in his back. I'm still trying to figure out which Orioles reporter came up with that mistake and why you all are perpetuating the error.

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Pete's reply: Actually, those were Brian's exact words, but I am aware that it has nothing to do with the size of the disk. I guess the right way to say it is a slightly herniated disk.

Yeah - I am no doctor but couldn't and can't wrap my brain around a "small herinated disc" is there such a thing as a SMALL disc or it is herniated "smally" or?? Made no sense to me. Maybe someone could expliain exactly WHAT a "SMALL" heriniated disc, IS?!??!

Well, Roberts is a fairly small guy... maybe all his disks are "small"?

Wiggy is not a 2B he would be a disaster IMO. Andino could handle it but could you imagine Wiggy trying to turn a DP?

http://www.avasflowers.com/maryland/florist-baltimore-md/

Maybe by using the word "small" he was simply referring to the severity of injury. In other words - it don't hurt much but it hurts enough to make it uncomfortable. Besides, if he's able to participate in other team activities and training I'm sure he'll be alright.

IF Roberts is unable to play, I believe they should bring up Miguel Abreu.
That kid is terrific and has great baseball instincts.
Andino cannot hit, so why waste time with him ?
We need to get a winning start.

Pete, Just for the record, I'm not a doctor and I don't play one on TV. When I first read "small herniated disk," I knew it didn't sound right, so I Googled the phrase and guess what?

Over 13,000 pages come up and get this: it looks like all 13,000+ are about Brian Roberts, I kid you not (no I didn't go through every one, but I went to the last page of entries and they were still all about B-Rob). Here's the link if anyone wants to check it out.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1R2GPCK_en&q=%22small+herniated+disk%22&start=0&sa=N

In fairness, I also Googled substituting "disc" for "disk," and the count came up to over 20,000 pages. Now, some of those did have non-Brian related content, but from what I could tell in most cases it seemed the usage was not by physicians, but either patients writing about their condition, lawyers in legal briefs or court records concerning workers comp. I did see at least one where a doctor was using the term, but I'm chalking that one up to rhetorical sloppiness on his part.

As for B-Rob's condition, it involves a disk in his back where they're larger than those in the neck; hence, it wouldn't be small even from that perspective.

Anyway, I'm going way overboard on this. LOL The good news for all those Oriole fans who have been anguishing about whether Roberts would have any lingering ill effects from this, the answer would seem to be "no," if a similar injury to Alex Rodriguez is any measuring stick.

Around this time in 2003 the then-Ranger A-Rod had a "small herniated disc" in his neck, but was still able to mend in time to play and homer on Opening Day.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2026&dat=20030314&id=t8YjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O9EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1355,1556718

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ANA/ANA200303300.shtml

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Pete's reply: Ken, I'm starting to think you've got too much time on your hands, but that's okay when you're clicking on my blog, just not when you're searching Google.

Pete, At work I've been called a Google Master or, less flatteringly, a Googlehead.

Please help if you can. Do you or any of your readers know if there's a 12-step program for recovering Googleholics? Thanks!