Today's example of what life is like as a Cub fan

[DawgatAuburn]

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cubs/834878,pie031008.article

<h1 class="story_headline">Felix Pie could miss five dayshttp://</h1>

</p> <div class="date"> March 10, 2008 </div> <div class="byline"> BY GORDON WITTENMYER Staff Reporter </div>

Cubs center fielder Felix Pie was scratched from the lineup today and could miss five days because of a recurrence of the ``testicular torsion'' that cost him a day of workouts early in camp.</p>

He was to undergo an outpatient surgical procedure today to correct the problem, a procedure that originally was scheduled to coincide with the team's off day next week. The team estimates three to five days of recovery time.</p> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="enlarge_pic"> <a rel="nofollow" class="enlarge_pic">
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Pie said he's not sure what caused the injury - essentially a twisting of the testicle severe enough to affect blood flow -- which more often occurs with late-adolescent boys.</p>

 

[benatmsu]

... I heard that **** could make you go blind.

 

[gtowndawg]

sounds like a wraslin' move

 

[vhdawg]

....I had a buddy in high school that had that happen to him, and he turned as white as a sheet of paper and started vomiting and sweating in sheets. It's like getting kicked in the nuts for hours on end.

I don't want no part of it.

 

[Center Z]

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[Jobu1972]

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[llmsudawg]

If he only misses five days with that he's a better man than me. Hell, I may take 2 days off of work just for reading it.

 

[OneParticularHarbor]

Heck, a case of the Beast made me do that in college.

 

[DawgMedic]

that this <17>ing hurts like hell. Had it in junior high, and one of the boys swelled up to size of a racket ball. Luckily it fixed itself before surgery. Evidently it's not that uncommon though. I transported a kid with it the other day.