February 21 - Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said Thursday that he's still planning on getting Corey Hart (knee) back in late May. Hart said Wednesday that he's ahead of schedule and expects to be playing by late April, but Roenicke is still operating under the assumption that the original four-month timetable for the first baseman will stick. "It does make a difference, how you go about things mentally in coming back from injuries and rehabbing, and if he's positive, he's probably going to work harder," Roenicke said. "But the doctors tell us it's going to be four months [post-surgery] -- I'm going on that. If he comes back sooner than that, great. He says he's a fast healer, I hope he is. But I think, realistically, we're looking somewhere the later part of May. If he's back earlier, great."
June 25 - Corey Hart (knee) indicated Sunday that he isn't close to making his season debut. Hart had knee right surgery in January and his rehab process has gone far more slowly than originally anticipated. "It's definitely gotten better, but their timetable just never happened," said Hart. "They would say one thing and it never happened. I can do everything; I just can't do everything as good as I need to. I don't have the strength in it I need." While Hart was originally hoping to make it back in May, it now sounds like there's a chance he could miss the entire season. The 31-year-old is due to become a free agent this offseason.
I hate Corey Hart. I really do.
Baseball is a slow, boring, complex, cerebral game that doesn't lend itself to histrionics. You 'take in' a baseball game, something odd to say about a football or basketball game, with the clock running and the bodies flying.
Charles Krauthammer
