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Posted on 05/16/2004 6:48:08 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick
SAN DIEGO - Sammy Sosa felt a bit sheepish while explaining why he wasn't able to play Sunday against the San Diego Padres (news).
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He sneezed twice shortly after arriving in the clubhouse before the game, which brought on back spasms and forced him to grab a chair to support himself. While his Chicago Cubs (news) teammates were out beating the Padres 4-2 for a three-game sweep, Sosa spent the afternoon in the trainer's room receiving treatment.
"It would have been better if I had hit off the wall or we have a fight or something, but this ... you know what I mean?" Sosa said. "What can you do? Some things in life you cannot control. This is strange that it happened."
The Cubs are off Monday before opening a homestand Tuesday.
"I don't feel too good," Sosa said. "If I'm ready, I'm going to play. If I'm not ready, I'm not going to play. Whenever I feel 100 percent, I'll be back.
"Something you never expect to happen, happens. We're only human. The only thing you can do is just sit back and relax and wait. You're talking about the back."
Sosa homered Friday and Saturday to move past Mike Schmidt and take sole possession of ninth place on the career list with 549.
LOL. Damn that sucks. It's like something I'd do.
Throwing one's back out a little from sneezing is better than peeing one's pants or passing gas from sneezing. Not that I personally have done either one of course :D
maybe his body misses the juice...?
Ahhhhhhh hmmmm...very interesting!
LOL I did that 2 years ago. I was in bed for almost a week and then got pneumonia.
It's not strange. It's fairly common. A lot of hernias come from sneezing while carrying something, for example.
Exactly the same thing happened to me years ago.
I walked into the bathrooom one morning after just getting out of bed.
I sneezed, and went right to my knees. Excruciating pain. My wife literally had to carry me to the Dr.
I've injured my back many times, a cronic problem, but never had the pain as severe as that occasion.
Now if I feel a sneeze coming on I reach for support, a counter, table, tree whatever.
It does suck. I reinjured my back last August from spending 14 hours vomiting as a result of food poisoning. My doctor told me some people injure their backs from having BMs....not a pretty picture.
I mean, who ever heard of some sissy offensive tackle go on the disabled list because he sprained an ankle or tore a ligament? The idea of a pitcher being pulled from a game because one of his pinkie fingers hurts is altogether ludicrous.
Personally, I think that the weakest rugby or hockey player would crush someone like Mark McGuire.
Happened to my husband. Sneezed while flossing his teeth, 30 or so years ago. Crawled out to the car for the trip to the hospital... said he didn't want the neighbors talking about any ambulance. I said, what do you think they'll say about you crawling to the car?
From what I understand, this happens because repeated previous stresses injure the back, then a sneeze or cough sets off the nerve pinch. Or something like that.
Sounds like an adrenaline-related stress injury induced by steroids.
I've had a stiff neck since Monday from the same thing, good thing I'm not a game player.
Yes, it does suck "big time."
Me neither...BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA....<8^)....BWHAHAHAHAHAHA.....
But the important question is, will my boss buy this tomorrow morning?
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