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The Palmolive Incident? Cubs’ Jose Quintana out after slicing thumb while washing dishes

That’s probably not the ideal way to start preparations for the Cubs’ season.

Go ahead and add the Palmolive Incident to the pile of unpleasant things in 2020.

Starting pitcher Jose Quintana won’t be in action when the Cubs open camp workouts Friday at Wrigley Field. Why? It’s just so Cub: The lefty injured the thumb on his pitching hand last weekend by — are you ready for this? — washing dishes at home in Miami.

Quintana, 31, cut his thumb and needed five stitches. Thursday morning, he underwent microscopic surgery on the thumb and was revealed to have suffered what the team termed a lacerated digital sensory nerve.