Major Injury Threatens Stone's Career
It looked bad when it happened during the game. Then, later on, one could tell from the grim faces in the <Illinois:team#74> clubhouse that the team had lost <T.J. Stone:player#11591> to a serious injury. <Stone:player#11591>, in fact, had sustained a torn labrum throwing a pitch in yesterday's Warhawks-Yellowhammers game at Todd Berry Memorial Field. The reliever's season -- and likely his baseball career -- is over at the age of 27.

<Stone:player#11591> has taken the mound for 34 relief appearances this season, nailing down 1 save while notching a 2-7 record with a 6.92 ERA. The <Illinois:team#74> reliever has limited opposing batters to a .270 batting average.