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Felix Pie - Twisted testicle

Ouch.  Perhaps overlooked in Soriano's fractured finger was this little tidbit [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080302&content_id=2400416&vkey=spt2008news&fex t=.jsp&c_id=mlb]:  "Felix Pie missed a couple days with a twisted testicle."  Wouldn't you ask the trainer to make something up?

Some other freakish injuries:
http://www.faniq.com/blog/In-Honor-Of-Felix-Pies-Twisted-Testicle-A-Look-Back-At-Weird-Sports-Injuri es-Blog-7045

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good lord
that does not sound pleasant.  sounds like my co-worker whose nuts hurt for a few days so he went to the doc.  doc tested for everything and told him he probably just sat on them.
I'm the guy in the blue under armour shirt

by joeschmitt on Mar 4, 2008 2:53 AM CST   0 recs

The last sentence of that
just about made me fall out of my chair in laughter.  

It makes me think about "Long Ball Larry" from Curb your Enthusiasm

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry "I strongly dislike Steve Stone." ---Hammer

by Hammer on Mar 4, 2008 12:11 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

"They're a bit more distended
than the average testicles . . . yes."
I'm the guy in the blue under armour shirt

by joeschmitt on Mar 4, 2008 12:23 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

And I say...
"And JohnMan wept."

by JohnMan on Mar 5, 2008 12:32 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

Someone
Recommended this diary????

Jeez Louise.

It's a girl! Born 1-18-08. 2246 PST. 8lbs. 1 oz.

by Josh77 on Mar 4, 2008 4:35 AM CST   0 recs

Although...
... that second link is pretty funny. (Despite quite a few misspellings.)
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Mar 4, 2008 4:41 AM CST to parent up   0 recs

Testical
Do you think it matters if it's his right or left, based on his handedness at the plate? =)
Be sure to check out The View From The Bleachers for more Cubs writing.

by viewfromthebleachers on Mar 4, 2008 6:57 AM CST   0 recs

Somewhere in there is a joke...
...about what if he's a switch-hitter, but I haven't had my morning caffeine yet, so you're on your own.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Mar 4, 2008 7:35 AM CST to parent up   0 recs

I had this done.
Needless to say, VERY PAINFUL! I'm a 33 year old man.. Happened last year and I cried and couldn't move!
Can't wait for the Cubs in '08!!!

by fuzzycubfan on Mar 4, 2008 7:29 AM CST   0 recs

This happened to me when I was in junior high.
It was the most excruciating pain I have ever felt.  I had to be taken to the emergency room, and it had to be "untwisted" by a doctor.  I still have nightmares about this almost 20 years later.  

by stork on Mar 4, 2008 12:05 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

Needless this to say
 this is the funniest injury I've ever seen. I've never laughed so hard, than I did right now after reading Pie had a "twisted testicle".

 How exactly do you twist your testicle?

Lemon20Pie's 2008 PECOTA for Rich Hill: 204 IP 30 HR 75 BB 180 SO 1.35 WHIP 4.25 ERA

by lemon20pie on Mar 4, 2008 8:12 AM CST   0 recs

Do you...
... really want an answer to that question? I don't.

<shudder>

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Mar 4, 2008 8:31 AM CST to parent up   0 recs

Can't read the article....
without crossing my legs.  It's funny how us guys, in our never-ending effort to be as macho as we can, have everything right out in the open.  No euphemisms, no B.S., nothing.  Twisted testicle.  With Michael Barrett a couple of years ago, same thing.  We knew every sordid detail.  Women, on the other hand, have terms like "female problems".  Don't ask questions, that's all you need to know.  That mindset does exist in male sports.  
"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004

by ctcoff99 on Mar 4, 2008 9:53 AM CST   0 recs

Ouch! and an OT question
I'm not sure how you twist a testicle, but just the thought of it almost made mine reflexively retract to safety. And I agree with kidk that Pie should have asked the trainer to make up something to avoid embarrassment in the manner of the  old sports writers who used to cover for players laid low by a dose of the clap by saying they were suffering from malaria.

BTW, does anyone know how Cedeno looked in center yesterday?  I know he had a terrible day on the bases, but I haven't heard how he did in the field. Thanks!

by Mike Vails Evil Twin on Mar 4, 2008 10:16 AM CST   0 recs

The Venture Bros.
did a PSA about Testicular Torsion. I tried to find it on YouTube, but it's been removed. If you find the DVD, it's at the end of Season 1, Episode 9: Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean.
Did he just say funky butt-loving?

by Louie on Mar 4, 2008 10:35 AM CST   0 recs

Sounds like either
Sounds like a romance novel or a rock band.
We are all waiting for that glorious October night when we finally win it all. Until then we will continue to cheer, never do the wave and hope.

by cubstoseriesby100 on Mar 4, 2008 11:16 AM CST   0 recs

What's funny to me about this diary is...
...that I had been thinking, yesterday I believe, of starting a BCB diary on Pie's relatively good start to Spring Training.  Now that'll have to be amended with a sort "post-twisted-testes" clause. Yikes. - TL
"Why shouldn't we believe that we're going to win the World Series?" - Ted Lilly, 1/19/2008, Daily Herald interview w/Barry Rozner

by timlacy on Mar 4, 2008 1:35 PM CST   0 recs

Reminds of Barrett's injury
Which I think was just described as a major "groin" injury near the end of 2006 when he got plowed over and taken to
Northwestern hospital  A reporter asked Dusty if Barrett would be back either at all or soon ( I forget which) and he said no because " Michael just had his first child and I believe he wants to have more" Maybe not the exact words but close . It did crack me up.
"It's the Cubbies. There's always a vibe. It's the greatest vibe in baseball." Greg Maddux on Cub fan's optimism even after the 06 debacle.

by jessica on Mar 4, 2008 1:40 PM CST   0 recs

ok...imagining the pain
i'm going to stop reading and unwind my right leg from the left...
You ARE freaking out MAN!

by crw89 on Mar 4, 2008 4:22 PM CST   0 recs

This is by far the funniest thread ever
And it's a strange situation to have your legs crossed tightly in reaction to what must be god-awful and to be laughing your head off at the same time.

Ctcoff's post was my favorite, btw.

by JDay on Mar 4, 2008 10:00 PM CST   0 recs

I had a slight
case of this last year. It doesn't sound like I should be complaining though.
"Hello again, everybody. It's a bee-yooo-tiful day for baseball."- Harry Caray

by TkGoUWGB on Mar 4, 2008 10:06 PM CST   0 recs

you know........
what the last thing tickle me elmo gets before he leaves the factory?two test tickles!!!!lmao!

by cubz409 on Mar 4, 2008 10:07 PM CST   0 recs

Ha
WOW, good stuff, simple yet slighty brilliant----
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry "I strongly dislike Steve Stone." ---Hammer

by Hammer on Mar 4, 2008 10:15 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

Like Eddie Murphy said in Raw...
you only gotta graze nuts n da man id be on da flow cryin like a baby.

by blackhawk24 on Mar 5, 2008 8:25 AM CST   0 recs

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