JETHAWKS NOTEBOOK: QUENTIN SHOWS ELBOW IS BETTER.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer SAN BERNARDINO San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. - One of JetHawks outfielder Carlos Quentin's best tools is his arm. But after suffering a severely torn ligament in his right (throwing) elbow - an injury he played with throughout his senior year at Stanford and which required Tommy John surgery Tommy John surgery, known by doctors as ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction (or UCL), is a surgical procedure in which a ligament in the medial elbow is replaced with a tendon from elsewhere in the body (often from the forearm, hamstring, knee, or foot of the just after he was selected by the JetHawks parent Arizona Diamondbacks This article is about the baseball team. For other uses, see Diamondback. The Arizona Diamondbacks (also referred to as the D-backs) are a Major League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of the National League. last June - Quentin wasn't sure he'd ever have the arm that wowed scouts throughout his collegiate career. An outstanding throw in Monday's 6-2 victory over Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. should go a long way toward erasing those doubts. With the JetHawks leading by four runs in the bottom of the ninth and runners at first and second, Quentin fielded a Brian Lentz flair to shallow right field on one bounce and then fired to third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Matt Morgan Matt Morgan is the name of:
Unknown to fame; obscure. - Glanvill. See also: Unheard Unheard 7-5 fielder's choice. The play helped keep Inland Empire from getting the tying run to the plate with one out. ``My elbow is starting to feel OK,'' Quentin said. ``I have good days and bad days, but on a good day nobody should be running on me. ``I was glad I could help the team.'' Quentin isn't sure if he would have been capable of making as strong and accurate a throw in the first week of the season. ``Who knows, maybe I could have made that throw (then),'' Quentin said. ``But it's good to actually do it.'' --Hit by pitch: In addition to going 2 for 4 in Monday's game, Quentin was hit by a pitch for a stunning 10th time this season. Quentin has long been prone to being hit by pitches. He set a collegiate record at Stanford, getting hit by five pitches in one game. Monday's beaning was painful, even by his standards. Quentin was hit on his left elbow by a Felix Hernandez fastball. Hernandez, one of baseball's top pitching prospects, throws in the mid to upper 90 mph range. The beaning left a lemon-sized welt welt n. 1. A ridge or bump on the skin caused by a lash or blow or sometimes by an allergic reaction. 2. See wheal. on his elbow, and stitches of the ball left an imprint still visible after the game. ``He kind of got me in between the bone and the muscle and those hurt a little more,'' Quentin said. He already has been hit by more pitches than several entire leagues and is on pace to get hit 77 times this season, which would obliterate o·blit·er·ate v. 1. To remove an organ or another body part completely, as by surgery, disease, or radiation. 2. To blot out, especially through filling of a natural space by fibrosis or inflammation. the minor-league record of 40 set by Rancho Cucamonga's Mike Campo in 2002. Hernandez hit three JetHawks batters. Both benches were warned after he hit JetHawks outfielder Conor Jackson in the top of the third. Hernandez also hit Jamie D'Antona with a breaking ball two innings later but was not ejected. --``No hard feelings'': Jackson's beaning was apparently in response to a violent collision at home plate with Inland Empire catcher Rene Rivera in the first inning. Rivera held on to the ball but later left the game. ``If you take out one of their players they're going to try to take you out,'' Jackson said. ``There's no hard feelings. It's just part of the game.'' --Hot hitter: After being mired mire n. 1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog. 2. Deep slimy soil or mud. 3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty. v. in a slump the first week of the season, Quentin has emerged as one of the California League's hottest hitters. Quentin took a 10-game hitting streak into Monday. Gideon Rubin (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Carlos Quentin proved his surgically repaired right elbow is improving when the JetHawks outfielder threw out a runner at third on Monday. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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