Let’s recap: Jorge Posada has a strained right calf, Andy Pettitte has inflammation in his pitching elbow, Mariano Rivera has been throwing with a stiff left side, and Derek Jeter has a problem with his wrist, hamstring and now right heel.  Sore Core Four indeed.

 

Instead of a simple white background I wanted the  little pain lightning bolts to be easily viewable and that only works if you make either the background or the lightning bolts themselves darker.  I settled on the former because it also gave me the chance to paint some overcast skies and a whole dark mood about the place.

 

And yes I know that the cartoon does not 100-percent reflect the accuracy of the injuries - Jeter’s right hamstring vs. flexing his left in the cartoon, Mo grabbing his right side, etc. - but it still works!  ^_^