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The most disastrous pennant-race injuries of all time

By Jonah Keri
Special to Page 2

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

When Carlos Quentin slammed his right hand on his bat after fouling off a pitch from Cliff Lee last week, he might have altered the course of baseball history. By breaking his wrist, Quentin ended a banner year during which he racked up 36 homers, 100 RBIs and a .288 batting average/.394 on-base percentage/.571 slugging percentage line in his first full big league season. The injury also cost the Chicago White Sox their best player. With one split-second reaction, Quentin went from the American ...

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