Bug Bites and Backbiting

Quick note: I'll be chatting today at Baseball Prospectus at 3 PM Eastern. Stop by and drop off a question if you've got one. Injuries are an inevitable part of baseball. Last Friday's Hit List noted the absences of the likes of big-name players like Alfonso Soriano, David Ortiz, Albert Pujols, John Smoltz, Rafael Furcal and J.J. Putz not to mention numerous other aches and pains and the the impacts on their teams as they try to work around them. Since writing that column, the Yankees, who