Fron baseball prospectus
More bad news for George and friends...
When Jason Giambi came up, he was mentored by Mark McGwire. While Giambi may have modeled himself after the big slugger, I'm sure he didn't want to mimic one of Big Mac's more debilitating injuries, but after dealing with bone spurs in his feet, it appears that something simply gave out. In this case, it was the plantar fascia near the arch. Giambi will miss a minimum of a month, with a chance that he'll be done for the season. McGwire missed the better portion of two seasons because of a similar injury, and was younger at the time it happened. It's impossible to say how this will come out: most players come back from plantar fasciitis and tears, but the timeframe for their returns are so varied as to make any guess simply that--a guess. It's another devastating injury for a team that is going to have to shuffle the lineup once again. I guess Giambi could take some kind of suspension now if Bud Selig still wants to go that routes
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