Quentin fouled off a pitch Monday and got upset with himself. Says Quentin: "[It's] something I've done thousands of times since I was a kid. A little frustrated. I had the bat in my left hand and I just kind of hit down on the bat head with my right hand with a closed fist. I kind of hit a little bit low, nicked my wrist and finished the at-bat. Forty minutes later, I started feeling something in my wrist. I woke up the next morning and that was that. Something I've done a lot, and unfortunately it hit the bone perfectly. Not a good spot."

Now the White Sox might not be in such a good spot. As late as Thursday, it was thought that Quentin simply had a bruised forearm and might be back as early as this weekend. An MRI on Friday cleared things up, and not for the better. Quentin has a fractured wrist and will undergo surgery that requires a screw to be inserted. He will be re-evaluated in two to three weeks, meaning in all probability, CQ's season is over. Quentin said he was assured this approach would not have any long-range consequences for his wrist, which is good news for 2009 and beyond. However, if Quentin is truly as invaluable as his teammates say, things could get rocky from here on out for the White Sox.

"If not for him, we're probably 5-10 games out. That's about the only thing I could say that sums it up," White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko said. "We have enough to win this division and get in the playoffs. It definitely would be a lot easier with him."

Unfortunately, Quentin isn't the only piece that will be missing. Apparently, Joe Crede might be done for the season as well. Crede had back surgery last year, and the tightness in his back has returned with a vengeance. "Joe is not going to be with us, and I don't expect him back this season," manager Ozzie Guillen told reporters. "He was playing with a lot of pain. … We could see the way he was moving. He couldn't take it anymore."

So far so good in his stead, though: Juan Uribe hit two home runs Friday, and Konerko added another, as the team dealt the Angels a 10-2 defeat. But that's just one night. With the Twins breathing down Chicago's neck and a wild-card spot likely out of the question, CQ's rash action might well have cost his team a shot at the postseason. And yet it also likely legitimizes the MVP buzz. If the White Sox do collapse down the stretch, we'll know for sure that Quentin was worthy of being named the league's most valuable player.

Of course, for both his teammates and fantasy owners, that will be very small consolation for all those lost September stats because of one brief moment in which CQ lost his head.

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