Yesterday, Junichi Tazawa was sent to Dr. James Andrews after experiencing 'tightness' in his elbow. Word came down today that he'd been diagnosed with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament. Tazawa said that he'd pitched through a similar problem when he as still in Japan and that he wouuld have played through it. A little gun-shy after their recent dealings with Daisuke Matsuzaka, the Sox sent him anyway.
Says Francona:
"We’ve been talking to him the last several days about some tightness, and again, his version of tightness because of the language barrier, and how he’s been throwing, we just thought we needed to have this looked at."
So to review: When a Japanese guy says that he has tightness in his elbow he really means "I done spraint my elby-bone so it goes in the opposity direction."
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