This one gives new meaning to the term “hurler.

”Colorado Rockies pitcher Josh Outman - acquired from the Oakland A’s this offseason - was expected to start the year pitching out of the team’s bullpen.Instead, he will begin it on the disabled list. The left-hander vomitted so violently after a bout with food poisoning, he strained his oblique.

At least, that is the story Rockies manager Jim Tracy is going with.

"The food poisoning, there was a lot of vomiting and I really believe he strained his oblique," Tracy said. "He's been much better over the last couple of days but he hasn't been able to throw. We haven't been able to get him to the mound. So we're just going to err on the side of caution."

Joba Chamberlain, you have company on the bizzare non-baseball related injury list of 2012.
There is no timetable yet for his return, but we can imagine he won’t be having whatever meal caused his illness anytime soon.

Jamie Moyer - the 49-year-old lefty who picthed to a 2.77 ERA this spring - will now be active for Opening Day, instead of waiting for his first start, according to MLB.com.