The 53-year-old's performance suffered dramatically after he injured his left thumb last June.

Midway through the season, he injured his thumb, and missed four games after undergoing surgery.

In striking the last man, Joseph said, he injured his thumb.

He later injured his thumb on work detail, and requested to be sent to the sick barracks.

The Swede injured his thumb three weeks ago during practice.

However, Fiedler injured his thumb and would be out for an extended period of time.

In the third quarter, Brohm injured his thumb and would be taken out of the game.

However, Fiedler injured his thumb and would miss the next six games.

In an intrasquad game last Thursday, he injured his right thumb sliding into third base.

One violation involved a youth who injured his thumb while using a chain saw to cut Christmas trees.