Update: Back spasms for Wood

Well, that didn't take long.

The url on my first blog had barely been registered when The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Kerry Wood was scratched from today's game in Mesa, Ariz., with back spasms.

Ugh.

The good news for Wood and Cubs fans is that it's not his shoulder. Or elbow.

The bad news for Wood and Cubs fans is it's yet another setback, even though Lou Piniella tried to down play it as "just a stiff back and nothing more."

That's like saying, he's only been on the disabled list 11 times. And Harry Caray only had a couple before the 7th.

So, how does this affect your fantasy draft? Hang tight (although not as tight as Wood's back) for a few days and see if Wood gets back on the mound by this weekend. Wood reportedly wanted to throw today, but the Cubs shut him down faster than you could spell out magnetic resonance imaging.

It could be just a tweak, and Pineilla seems to be standing behind his man in a way that makes you believe that he's still got the closer job, if healthy. But in the meantime, keep one eye on Carlos Marmol in your draft and the other eye looking out for stray billy goats.

Maybe the curse is back.

And I mean 'back.'