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Rizzo is one of the Cubs who "chose not to be vaccinated".  That's pretty disappointing.

That is extremely surprising. How did you learn about this?

Thanks, Reb. I am beyond disappointed. I'm pretty hard-assed on this subject. Not only is the team's ability to perform affected, lives could be permanently affected as well. Rizzo also doesn't seem to have been all that rigorous about wearing his mask in the dugout, as I recall either.   

I have to admit that it affects my opinion of Rizzo and his leadership role on the team. I'm sure few, if anyone here, agree with me, but [/size]I will feel very differently now if Rizzo ends up not being extended.

For me, the anti-vax proselytizers are a dangerous bunch and deserve scorn.

Rizzo isn’t doing that. He has come to a personal decision, albeit a stupid decision, but we’ve all said or done stupid things. We’re human.

Still a big fan of Rizzo. A great Cub and a person who does worthy things in his life. He’s entitled to be stupid on occasion.

Will be very disappointed if he’s elsewhere in 2022.

I'd like to be able to sit down with a guy like Rizzo and have him explain his reasoning to me.  BTW, the University of California has just issued a vaccination requirement for anyone working on campus (with rare exceptions).

A lot of words that explain absolutely nothing

How long do hamstring injuries usually last?  I heard that Hoerner began a little light activity this week, hitting off tee.  He's been 2.5 weeks now, hopefully he'll be back within a couple of weeks.

Justin Steele was also supposedly hamstring, and not sure how that could have been very severe.  He's been a little over 3 weeks now.  Getting the good Steele back could help a lot.  I imagine after a bunch of weeks off, he'll need some throwing time, too. 

I tend to think of hamstring injuries more as running injuries, so Hoerner wanting to sprint out a double might seem to make hamstring stuff a worse challenge for him.  But every pitch from a oitcher they're using each leg and stretching and applying tremendous force.  I don't know whether the types of stretches and forces that a pitcher applies actually involve hamstrings much or not, but maybe for a pitcher getting it 100% super-duper recovered is more important? 

Also a risk that for a guy with control challenges to start with, any injury can perhaps endanger good mechanics.  Or that even if he is fine physically, losing the good mechanics groove he was in might make it hard to bounce back and return to his early-season effectiveness that was unexpected in the first place.

But man, **IF** you could keep the existing bullpen going as great as it has, and then magically add back in good Steele, that would make it even more awesome.  Heh heh, then for Curt and reb's sake, why not add a healthy, 100% Rowan Wick, too? 

I have never kept track, but I usually assume that a hamstring that is not referred to as severe will take about a month of rest and then about 10 days on rehab in the minors.  I really don't remember very many pitchers having hamstring problems, perhaps they don't often run the bases, and when they do, they mostly jog.

Little Sergio Alcantara has eleven hits in the big leagues.  Eight have gone for extra bases.