Chris Carpenter SP FA Fri 12/30/11 4:02 PM
Chris Carpenter
SP FA
Chris Carpenter injured a toe earlier this month while on a fishing trip in the Amazon with friend Roy Halladay.
The story comes via a blog entry earlier this month from professional angler Skeet Reese, who joined Carp and Doc on the trip. Reese says Carpenter was injured while jumping from one boat to another and that the toe "was all swollen and black and blue the next morning." The Cardinals haven't said anything about the injury, and it's unclear if it's a non-issue or might be something that could affect his availability for the start of spring training. Also worth noting is that while on the trip, Reese and Doc evidently saved a stranded fisherman that had been attacked by an anaconda. Seriously.