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* Former Orioles skipper Leo Mazzone on his old employer: "Once I got there and saw how they operated compared to the Braves, I knew I made a mistake the first week of spring training," he said, before chuckling and adding, "I said to myself, 'You know what? I done messed up.' The lack of organization. The lack of discipline. The lack of overall professionalism. I was shocked, and I couldn't believe it."

Fourth outfielder Jason Repko's injury sustained the same day Rafael Furcal hurt his ankle has turned out to be much worse than originally anticipated. Tony Jackson's Inside the Dodgers blog says Repko will undergo surgery in Los Angeles on Wednesday...

to reattached two tendons in his left hamstring that he tore from the pelvis (there are three such tendons, he tore two of them). Trainer Stan Conte said the recovery time is a minimum of five months, which means, in Conte's words, "Essentially, he will miss the season."

Ewww, gross. Sounds a lot like Nomar's groin injury a few years ago where the muscle came off the bone. As a result, the Dodgers traded pitcher Elmer Dessens to the Brewers for OF Brady Clark.

Clark will most likely become the fourth outfielder that Repko was supposed to be, and the Brewers will pay the Dodgers $2.1 million in cash, which is the disparity between Clark and Dessen's contract.

The Brewers receive an experienced pitcher who can fill-in as a spot-starter or long reliever, whom the Dodgers were most likely going to cut anyways.

Previously at FanHouse:
Rafael Furcal Carted Off Field With Leg Injury

No details about the severity just yet, but I do know that Rafael Furcal apparently injured his leg in today's spring training game against the Orioles. From Tony Jackson's Inside the Dodgers Blog:

One batter into the game, Baltimore's Corey Patterson hit a high pop to shallow center. Furcal went out, Repko came in. Repko made a diving catch, and Furcal jumped over him to avoid a collision. It was when Furcal came down from that short jump that he landed on his left ankle and remained on the ground for several minutes before trainer Stan Conte finally drove him off the field on a cart, with assistant trainer Todd Tomczyk holding Furcal's ankle motionless in the flat bed of the cart. This looks bad right now. Really bad.

Jackson seems to think it's more of an ankle injury for Furcal. Ken Gurnick on Dodgers.com thinks it's more of a general leg injury. Either way, the injury as described sounds like it could leave the Dodgers with a huge hole at shortstop -- anytime a player is carted off the field you have to take it seriously.

Between the shoulder injury, and now this freak injury -- it's just not Rafael Furcal's spring.

Update: The preliminary diagnosis is an ankle sprain, but Furcal is getting X-rays. Jason Repko is on crutches and is scheduled to have an MRI tomorrow.

(via Inside the Dodgers)

Previously at FanHouse:
Rafael Furcal's Not Playing Enough Baseball