Comments on: Pray for Pujols’ elbow http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/ An Unofficial St. Louis Cardinals baseball blog. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:15:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PHE http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-999 PHE Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:10:03 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-999 Ugh, frickin Carp and that pitching arm. I wonder if this changes Mo's mind about *really* pursuing Peavy? Ugh, frickin Carp and that pitching arm. I wonder if this changes Mo’s mind about *really* pursuing Peavy?

]]> By: StLCards http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-972 StLCards Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:45:56 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-972 Add another surgery to Paletta's list. Hope it doesn't cost you too much sleep! Another one for Carp no less, ugh. http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=mlb/news/newstest.aspx?id=4189086 Add another surgery to Paletta’s list. Hope it doesn’t cost you too much sleep! Another one for Carp no less, ugh.

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=mlb/news/newstest.aspx?id=4189086

]]> By: PHE http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-868 PHE Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:33:25 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-868 If I'm not mistaken, Paletta performed procedures on both Mulder and Carpenter. Is that enough to make you nervous? Like I admitted in even writing the post, I hate dogging the guy, because I'm sure he does his job as well as he can, but there's a huge difference between performing a surgery that will allow a normal person to continue to live their life without pain and performing a surgery that will allow a highly skilled, highly trained athlete to continue to perform at a Pujols-esque level. I'd love nothing more than for Paletta to come out smelling like roses on this one, but for the time being, pardon me for being cautious in my opinion... If I’m not mistaken, Paletta performed procedures on both Mulder and Carpenter. Is that enough to make you nervous?

Like I admitted in even writing the post, I hate dogging the guy, because I’m sure he does his job as well as he can, but there’s a huge difference between performing a surgery that will allow a normal person to continue to live their life without pain and performing a surgery that will allow a highly skilled, highly trained athlete to continue to perform at a Pujols-esque level.

I’d love nothing more than for Paletta to come out smelling like roses on this one, but for the time being, pardon me for being cautious in my opinion…

]]> By: StLCards http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-863 StLCards Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:36:21 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-863 Pretty unfair to blast Paletta. Like I said before, he did surgery on my daughter and it couldn't have gone better. Do you have specific instances where Paletta did a surgery and botched it? Not all surgeries go as planned as you never quite know for sure what you are going to find when you get in there. The imaging before surgery only tells you so much. And then everyone responds differently as well. Maybe the player didn't follow the treatment, maybe it was worse than management revealed, etc. I'd let Paletta do a surgery on me with no hesitation. He has done many many players, football, hockey, baseball, of course they won't all have great outcomes. :) Pretty unfair to blast Paletta. Like I said before, he did surgery on my daughter and it couldn’t have gone better. Do you have specific instances where Paletta did a surgery and botched it? Not all surgeries go as planned as you never quite know for sure what you are going to find when you get in there. The imaging before surgery only tells you so much. And then everyone responds differently as well.

Maybe the player didn’t follow the treatment, maybe it was worse than management revealed, etc. I’d let Paletta do a surgery on me with no hesitation. He has done many many players, football, hockey, baseball, of course they won’t all have great outcomes.
:)

]]> By: PHE http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-790 PHE Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:41:43 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-790 Now we're talking. Now we’re talking.

]]> By: Sarah-bug http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-789 Sarah-bug Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:40:32 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-789 Heck, he could probably pitch and field first AT THE SAME TIME. Heck, he could probably pitch and field first AT THE SAME TIME.

]]> By: PHE http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-787 PHE Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:35:41 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-787 Oh there you go - he'd probably hit 50 if he had a bionic elbow! Plus he could close! Oh there you go – he’d probably hit 50 if he had a bionic elbow! Plus he could close!

]]> By: Sarah-bug http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-786 Sarah-bug Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:31:49 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-786 Hey! He's gonna win! Hey! He’s gonna win!

]]> By: Sarah-bug http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-785 Sarah-bug Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:30:54 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-785 Apparently, you do it under the cover of darkness and then don't tell anyone about it until it's done. We can fix him. We have the technology. Was that the bionic man or the six-million dollar man? Or were they the same guy? Apparently, you do it under the cover of darkness and then don’t tell anyone about it until it’s done.

We can fix him. We have the technology. Was that the bionic man or the six-million dollar man? Or were they the same guy?

]]> By: PHE http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-784 PHE Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:29:52 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-784 Ah, an excellent observation. So then next year we can expect him to hit .390 with 45 HR and 160 RBI...and STILL not win the MVP? Ah, an excellent observation. So then next year we can expect him to hit .390 with 45 HR and 160 RBI…and STILL not win the MVP?

]]> By: Cardinal70 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-783 Cardinal70 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-783 Typical misconception from reading the paper. It wasn't a surgery. Pujols just needed his 5,000 mile checkup and some oil replaced. I mean, how do you do surgery on a machine? C'mon. Typical misconception from reading the paper. It wasn’t a surgery. Pujols just needed his 5,000 mile checkup and some oil replaced. I mean, how do you do surgery on a machine? C’mon.

]]> By: Sarah-bug http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-782 Sarah-bug Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:23:49 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-782 :) I'll keep on the lookout. I'm very worried now. :) I’ll keep on the lookout. I’m very worried now.

]]> By: PHE http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-781 PHE Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:18:41 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-781 Not entirely. Has anyone seen a photo of Mang taken since the operation? Not entirely. Has anyone seen a photo of Mang taken since the operation?

]]> By: Sarah-bug http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-780 Sarah-bug Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:17:59 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-780 Are we sure that's not what the "surgery" consisted of? Are we sure that’s not what the “surgery” consisted of?

]]> By: PHE http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/2008/10/13/pray-for-pujols-elbow/#comment-779 PHE Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:16:01 +0000 http://www.pitchershiteighth.com/?p=331#comment-779 Yep. His track record with bringing guys back to health is, let's say, not exemplary. Good news is, knowing Pujols, if something was wrong, he'd just chew off his right arm and play without it. Yep. His track record with bringing guys back to health is, let’s say, not exemplary.

Good news is, knowing Pujols, if something was wrong, he’d just chew off his right arm and play without it.

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