On Thanksgiving eve, we have received word, via text message, from the Phillies that Jamie Moyer has been readmitted to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital with what the team is terming “recurring symptoms from his groin surgery” in October.
For now, those are the only details we have, but we’re hoping to hear from team physician Dr. Michael Ciccotti later tonight. Until then, there’s no way to know when Moyer checked in, what treatment he’s receiving or to gauge the seriousness of the situation.
(UPDATED, 7:55 p.m.): According to Ciccotti, Moyer “is very comfortable. He’s walking. He’s up. He’s doing his normal routine.” But he has been experiencing lingering pain from his Oct. 2 abdominal surgery, prompting the Phillies to bring him here to be evaluated by Dr. Bill Meyers, a nationally renowned specialist who performed the original surgery at Hahnemann University Hospital. Moyer saw Meyers yesterday, spent last night at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and will be undergoing tests, including an MRI exam. Ciccotti doesn’t believe the pain is related to the blood infection that hospitalized Moyer last month, although he hasn’t ruled it out. Ciccotti said Moyer will remain in the hospital for several days, maybe through the weekend. After that, he will return to his Bradenton, Fla., home to continue his rehabilitation.
“He’s completely comfortable and fine,” Ciccotti said. “We’re just taking appropriate precautions and also wanting to do what we can to make sure he’s on track for spring training.”
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Posted: November 26, 2009 at 02:09 AM |
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1. The District Attorney Posted: November 26, 2009 at 02:17 AM (#3397126)good wishes on Mr. Moyer.
Those are compression stockings to prevent post-op blood clots.
But then again I also thought Hagrid would die and McCain would win the election, so hopefully I'm wrong.
ain't what he used to be, ain't what he used to be
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Yeah, he has got three years on me myself, so he needs to hang on for us graying beards.
Hell, when I was in college, I could have been changing Moyer's diapers. The last one to retire who was older than me was Pete Rose.
On the first day of my freshman year in college, I got the bad news in the form of Ed Kirkpatrick. A quick rush of desperation was already setting in, seeing a guy nearly three months younger than me batting against John Wyatt when I hadn't yet even made the freshman team.
Enjoy it while it lasts.
I had to check this out for myself, but it appears that the immortal Ed Correa is the answer for me. With that said, the guy that really opened my eyes was Dwight Gooden, since he's only 7 months older than me and was pitching great on my favorite team as a rookie back in 1984.
For the purposes of this exercise, I'm using Kevin Millwood (9 days younger than me) and Richie Sexson (12 days younger than me).
Damn, Moyer was also the oldest guy in the AL...in 2005.
The first star players younger than me were Tim Raines, Fernando Valenzuela – the first one I paid much attention to, honestly, was Fernando, because he was so famous so young.
The last player older than me was Julio Franco. But hell, Julio Franco is older than John McCain.
Well, thanks for ruining both of those for me. Try writing "SPOILER" next time. Sheesh!
Also: Dwight Gooden for me. Yet another thing for which I've never forgiven him.
(a) how you can have total recall of baseball games that were played in my infancy, down to batter mannerisms and pitching repertoires :-D
(b) that you were actually paying attention when Brian Greer came to bat in 1977. I guess it's possible: it was a Padres-Dodgers game, and you were presumably an NL West fan at the time (I was living in Michigan and catching the occasional Tiger game on the radio, and Brian Greer could have made a significantly greater splash without impinging on my consciousness).
I think the complete list of players active in '09 who are older than me is: Moyer, Unit, Wakefield, Vizquel, Smoltz, Brocail (how did he last this long?), and Hoffman.
it's easy. bb-ref does players by birthdate, then arranges within birthdate by year. just find your birthdate and then click to the next day until you find someone in your year of birth.
I am easily old enough to be Jon Daniels' father. And to have told him not to trade for Adam Eaton.
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