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Ready to return from the disabled list, New York Yankees reliever Brian Bruney blamed an 8 1/2-minute wait during an umpires' video review for causing a strained flexor muscle in his right elbow.

Bruney went on the disabled list April 25, six days after he was warming up in the bullpen during the seventh inning when umpires checked video before upholding a home run by teammate Jorge Posada. Bruney then entered in the eighth and got three outs.

"Major League Baseball needs a way to figure out if it's a home run or not," Bruney said Monday. "It shouldn't take 8 1/2 minutes, and I think that's what screwed me up."

Bruney kept on warming up, not sure how long it would take for umpires to return to the field.

"I could have quit throwing, I could have waited and started again," he said. "I don't know if he's coming out in 30 seconds or three minutes or 8 1/2 minutes. It turned about to be the latter. I mean, that's a long time for a reliever to be throwing or any pitcher to be throwing."

LittleOzzy wrote:

Ready to return from the disabled list, New York Yankees reliever Brian Bruney blamed an 8 1/2-minute wait during an umpires' video review for causing a strained flexor muscle in his right elbow.

Bruney went on the disabled list April 25, six days after he was warming up in the bullpen during the seventh inning when umpires checked video before upholding a home run by teammate Jorge Posada. Bruney then entered in the eighth and got three outs.

"Major League Baseball needs a way to figure out if it's a home run or not," Bruney said Monday. "It shouldn't take 8 1/2 minutes, and I think that's what screwed me up."

Bruney kept on warming up, not sure how long it would take for umpires to return to the field.

"I could have quit throwing, I could have waited and started again," he said. "I don't know if he's coming out in 30 seconds or three minutes or 8 1/2 minutes. It turned about to be the latter. I mean, that's a long time for a reliever to be throwing or any pitcher to be throwing."

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/ ... 96-ap.html

Very odd excuse.

youngLion wrote:

LittleOzzy wrote:

Ready to return from the disabled list, New York Yankees reliever Brian Bruney blamed an 8 1/2-minute wait during an umpires' video review for causing a strained flexor muscle in his right elbow.

Bruney went on the disabled list April 25, six days after he was warming up in the bullpen during the seventh inning when umpires checked video before upholding a home run by teammate Jorge Posada. Bruney then entered in the eighth and got three outs.

"Major League Baseball needs a way to figure out if it's a home run or not," Bruney said Monday. "It shouldn't take 8 1/2 minutes, and I think that's what screwed me up."

Bruney kept on warming up, not sure how long it would take for umpires to return to the field.

"I could have quit throwing, I could have waited and started again," he said. "I don't know if he's coming out in 30 seconds or three minutes or 8 1/2 minutes. It turned about to be the latter. I mean, that's a long time for a reliever to be throwing or any pitcher to be throwing."

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/ ... 96-ap.html

Very odd excuse.

Not really. This probably isn't totally to blame but relievers are accustomed to specifically timed routines and those extra throws could have made a difference.