May Day Return For Crawford A Pipe Dream

What You Won't See On May Day

As April quickly winds down, it's painfully obvious (no pun intended) that Carl Crawford will not return to the Red Sox line-up by the previously estimated May 1st date.  Next Tuesday, May Day, Kim Jong-un will roll out his cute little tank toys and parade around Pyongyang in his medal-festooned uniform, and Fidel Castro will put on his best beret, but Carl Crawford will not be walking through that clubhouse door.

The latest on the $142 million man is that, after having his elbow examined in Boston yesterday, he flew back to his Florida rehab assignment—and is seeking a second opinion. Do you blame him, given the ineptitude of the Red Sox "medical" staff?  Don't forget, this isn't even the injury that put him on the DL—that was a wrist deal, remember? We'll just have to occupy ourselves with some other appropriate activity on May Day—are the Vermont Expos still around?