It seems you are questioning board authority and moderation.
It seems like they kept it hush hush, then alla sudden bam. We got a bum thumb.
They never mentioned what it was, but there were days he was held out of practice. One time I thought the reporters said it was knee soreness but Archer is saying he's been dealing with the thumb thing for weeks.
Not that it's an excuse, but you cut holiday pay the last time. So technically, this was at a discount...
I appreciate his wanting to play through it, but it seems to me you'd be able to tell after 2 or 3 practices at most that it's not going to go well.
And if they do, they should incur the full wrath of Amigo Dodger.