Oh no! Cain Cuts his Hand Hours Before the First Pitch

Oh no is right. Before the start of each game, reporters compile stats, quotes and other tidbits of information in order to help them prepare the articles they have to turn in at various deadlines throughout the game. But, when a starting player, especially the pitcher is scratched from the lineup just hours before the game- the press box goes into scramble mode. Many may ask why can't they simply just rewrite the articles with the new name of the player replacing the injured, well as I have learned it is  not easy to just "rewrite" the articles. This is because during the pre-game meetings and Q&A sessions with the team manager, the reporters have the opportunity to ask questions about the pitcher and how they match up for the specific team they are playing. Also before the game, many of the reporters use the stat sheets that are provided to them as well as analyze and compare stats that is on baseball-reference.com And therefore, after this happens the reporters are pulling out their hair in order to prepare a new article with new stats about the new pitcher. Also this creates more work because that can mean that after the game the reporters may have to do double the work, meaning that they would have to get an injury update for the player and also quotes from the pitcher that replaced him.

After the chaos had settled the reporters finally figured out why Cain was scratched from the lineup. It turns out that after warm ups Cain cut his hand on a knife and although the injury did not require stitches, after attempting to pitch, the wound kept re-opening.  But, starting in his place would be the Venezuelan pitcher, Yusmeiro Petit who lifted the team to a 6-0 win over the padres.