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Wainwright hopes to resume throwing next week

Associated Press

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

ST. LOUIS -- The violent motion that produces Adam Wainwright's curveball is responsible for an injury more common to rock climbers clinging to cliffs than pitchers. The St. Louis Cardinals ace has been sidelined nearly a month waiting for a ruptured tendon in the middle finger of his right hand to heal and is unlikely to return until after the All-Star break. "I think it was just something freaky that happened," Wainwright said. "Just one snap of the wrist. It happens to about one guy a year ...

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