Felix Pie Suffers Tragic Twister Accident

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The Cubs have had players miss time already this spring thanks to some very odd reasons. Mark DeRosa had to be hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat, and needed surgery to fix it. Meanwhile, pitcher Jose Ascanio, got jacked up in an attempted robbery. On top of that, Alfonso Soriano just broke his finger. Still, none of these guys are going through anything like Felix Pie is right now.

Get ready to cringe, fellas. From the Cubs official site,

...outfielder Felix Pie missed a couple of days early because of a twisted testicle.

Ouch.

I've no idea how it happened, and I'm not sure I want to know. Maybe he sneezed a la Sammy Sosa. Maybe Carlos Zambrano got angry at him, and thought he needed to learn a painful lesson. Who knows?

The only thing I do know, is that there aren't many other things I can think of that are more painful than a twisted testicle. Mine start to hurt just typing it. Kudos to Felix for only missing a few days. If that happened to me, I'd probably need a week or two off.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

3-03-2008 @ 5:03AM

sam said...

I had a twisted testicle issue when I was 15. Saying it hurts is an understatement. Trying to walk around the hospital so you can figure out wtf is going on with your stuff is probably the worst of it. My surgery was done within a few days as I recall and recovery was pretty quick. But damn did it ever hurt.

oh, and I still have the scar as a reminder. oddly enough, whenever I try to show people I get arrested for "indecent exposure" or something. I'm just trying to show them my scar! Geez!