Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya is expected to be sidelined until midseason after injuring his throwing shoulder while moving items during the California wildfires. Zumaya had surgery Wednesday on his right shoulder in San Diego. His residence is listed as south of the city, in Chula Vista. Zumaya, whose 100 mph fastballs helped Detroit reach the 2006 World Series, will rest his shoulder for six weeks. He is not expected to begin a throwing program until March.Tigers said Zumaya was hurt while moving personal items, but did not release additional details.
An Australian man has quit his job, sold his house and moved his wife and two toddlers to Wisconsin so he can follow American football NFL team the Green Bay Packers. Wayne Scullino, 30, quit his job with a telecommunications company in Sydney. He, his wife and two boys are going to every Packers game this season and paying for it with the proceeds from the sale of their home. They plan to return to Australia when the season ends.
Scullino's dream to move to Green Bay started when he was 15 years old. A friend gave him a video tape of a year-old game between the Packers and the Minnesota Vikings."There was just something about the game and the atmosphere and the strategy that got me immediately," Scullino said.
"The thing with dreams though, in most cases at least, is that if you don't do something to make them happen yourself, they never will," he wrote. "So with that, and a whole lot of understanding from the very best, non sport loving wife in the world, we made an executive decision. A decision that flies in the face of all rational thinking but one that we should all do at least once in our lives."
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Edgar Renteria's days with the Braves have come to a close. The veteran shortstop was traded Monday to the Tigers in exchange for Gorkys Hernandez and Jair Jurrjens, who are both highly-touted prospects.
With Hernandez, the Braves are getting one of the game's most dynamic young outfielders and with Jurrjens, they are getting a quality right-handed pitcher, whose success earned him the call to the Majors in August.
