I wish I knew why. Every year, we talk about how important it is to keep our core players healthy, and we changed our conditioning program. A lot of it is freaky-type injuries. But we have benefited from it because we could look at an Adam Eaton or a Kevin Walker, guys who got to come up and play and are ahead of the game and further along than if we hadn't had the injuries. Since becoming GM in November 1995, Towers has replaced one trainer and two conditioning coaches.
Some medical people say steroid use increases injuries.
I probably could come up with five or six different reasons, but none of them are going to be proven. It's all theories.