as going to need an operation after seeing him grimacing in pain after he made the final out of the playoff against St. Louis. He tore his Achilles tendon on his final swing of the season. Will take at least six months before he will be back and he can't even have the operation to repair the tear until all the swelling goes down. Wonder if all the cortisone shots they gave him the last couple of weeks so he could keep on playing weakened the tendon to the point that it eventually tore. Left-hander Cole Hamels will have loose bodies removed from his left elbow soon and another surgery a week later to repair a hernia. Not quite sure what loose bodies are, but sounds pretty neat. I'm sure I must have some of them somewhere in my body. Right fielder Hunter Pence and second baseman Placido Polanco will both have MRIs to evaluate their hernias. Polanco probably will have surgery soon, but Pence may be able to wait. Wait until when? A week after the season starts. They know he has son, so shy not repair it now. I had 2 hernias repaired and not once did they give me the option of waiting. Said it could pop through the wall of my abdomen and become entangled and I could die. Beware, Hunter! Oh, yeah - there is Ross Gload who needs arthroscopic surgery on his right hip. Maybe it was best that the Phils lost. Would there be anyone left to play the next series? It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The "Wounded Warriors" Story
It was an ordinary day. Having withdrawal. Tough when your team is supposed to be the best and they lose in the first round of the playoffs. But, I guess they have an excuse. Was reading today about all the operations that some of the players will have in the offseason. Now I could have guessed that Ryan Howard was going to need an operation after seeing him grimacing in pain after he made the final out of the playoff against St. Louis. He tore his Achilles tendon on his final swing of the season. Will take at least six months before he will be back and he can't even have the operation to repair the tear until all the swelling goes down. Wonder if all the cortisone shots they gave him the last couple of weeks so he could keep on playing weakened the tendon to the point that it eventually tore. Left-hander Cole Hamels will have loose bodies removed from his left elbow soon and another surgery a week later to repair a hernia. Not quite sure what loose bodies are, but sounds pretty neat. I'm sure I must have some of them somewhere in my body. Right fielder Hunter Pence and second baseman Placido Polanco will both have MRIs to evaluate their hernias. Polanco probably will have surgery soon, but Pence may be able to wait. Wait until when? A week after the season starts. They know he has son, so shy not repair it now. I had 2 hernias repaired and not once did they give me the option of waiting. Said it could pop through the wall of my abdomen and become entangled and I could die. Beware, Hunter! Oh, yeah - there is Ross Gload who needs arthroscopic surgery on his right hip. Maybe it was best that the Phils lost. Would there be anyone left to play the next series? It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
as going to need an operation after seeing him grimacing in pain after he made the final out of the playoff against St. Louis. He tore his Achilles tendon on his final swing of the season. Will take at least six months before he will be back and he can't even have the operation to repair the tear until all the swelling goes down. Wonder if all the cortisone shots they gave him the last couple of weeks so he could keep on playing weakened the tendon to the point that it eventually tore. Left-hander Cole Hamels will have loose bodies removed from his left elbow soon and another surgery a week later to repair a hernia. Not quite sure what loose bodies are, but sounds pretty neat. I'm sure I must have some of them somewhere in my body. Right fielder Hunter Pence and second baseman Placido Polanco will both have MRIs to evaluate their hernias. Polanco probably will have surgery soon, but Pence may be able to wait. Wait until when? A week after the season starts. They know he has son, so shy not repair it now. I had 2 hernias repaired and not once did they give me the option of waiting. Said it could pop through the wall of my abdomen and become entangled and I could die. Beware, Hunter! Oh, yeah - there is Ross Gload who needs arthroscopic surgery on his right hip. Maybe it was best that the Phils lost. Would there be anyone left to play the next series? It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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