Saturday, September 8, 2012

Get well wishes for a couple of A’s


By now, you are likely full aware of what has happened to Brandon McCarthy.  When I went to bed on Wednesday night (9/5), it was being reported that McCarthy was “OK” and being held overnight for precautionary purposes.  By the end of Thursday’s workday, things seemed to have changed and we found out that McCarthy was progressing after surgery.  Now, this morning we see that things continue to improve, but it sounds like there is still a significant risk involved.  McCarthy tweeted, or someone did this for him given the quotes:

 “
Brandon McCarthy @BMcCarthy32 - "Crazy about this children's tylenol, can't believe they give it to kids.
"

So that is good to see.  I wish nothing but the best for Brandon and his wife and a speedy recovery, not necessarily to baseball, but to a regular, everyday life.  Athletics Nation has a good article up today that you should check out

At the same time, I want to wish a “get well” to Brandon Inge as well, who is about to have shoulder surgery.  Inge has been the recipient of a number of my sarcastic comments during game day diaries but he also showed his toughness over the past few weeks trying to play through the injury and subsequently volunteering to pinch hit after realizing that the pain was too much to play third base, but swinging was plausible.  Kudos to Inge for even offering this up, it shows a lot about his character and team spirit. 

Get well soon to both Brandon’s!  Let’s go Oakland!





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