Holly Still Hurting

Another in a long line of, "He will be back soon." Extended into, "We have no idea when he will return." I just don't get the initial reports from our trainer that end up being 100% wrong all the time. One thing Cubs players should worry about is, if you get injured and Dave Groeschner tells you it is minor or whatever, seek an immediate second opinion and get medical attention. Something is seriously wrong!

Hollandsworth had an MRI on Tuesday, his third since June 27 when he injured his leg by fouling a ball off his right shin.

The latest MRI showed inflammation around the bone and some irritation in the nerve, Cubs trainer Dave Groeschner said on Tuesday. Groeschner said they are comparing the test results with the X-rays from 2001, when he suffered a season-ending injury on May 11 to his right leg.

In 2001, Hollandsworth fouled a ball off his right leg and fractured his shin and crushed a nerve. He appeared in 33 games that year with the Colorado Rockies.

In the same article it appears we have brought back Vince Coleman for some special teaching duties....

Vince Colemman, 42, who is a roving baserunning instructor for the Cubs this year, joined the big league team on Tuesday and will work with the players this week.

"I've given him carte blanche to do what he has to do," Baker said, calling baserunning the Cubs' "No. 1 weakness."

Now if we brought in Vince and then fired Wendell Kim that would be a good start at fixing the base running mistakes. But trying to place a band aid over a severed limb really does nothing to stop the bleeding.

I still like that we brought in Coleman 100+ games into the season, way to stay on top the situation and not letting it get out of hand Dusty! I guess better late than never can apply here. A good manager would of had Coleman working with the team from spring training and through the season. Not bringing him in when things get really bad. Your job as a manager is to prevent these kinds of things from ever happening.