Now I understand that we all can catch a nasty bout of the flu. I understand that it is no fun to be sitting on the can and have to try to make it to the sink to puke.
But what I don't understand is why whenever any major league sports player has this happen, they call it "flu-like symptoms?"
Isn't it just the flu? Wouldn't we all get the picture if everyone just said he has the flu? We would understand that he couldn't pitch.
None of us could if we needed to make a mad dash to the crapper every fifth pitch, so why call it "flu-like symptoms?"
We don't call a torn ACL "Torn ACL-like symptoms," or a concussion "Concussion like symptoms."
This got me thinking, why do we call it "flu-like symptoms," and I think I have a reason. What happens when you go out partying all night? You get a head pounding, gut-twisting, bowel-moving, nauseating hang over. In other words, these are self induced "flu-like symptoms."
So there you go, pro athletes might be able to throw a baseball 100 mph or run a 4.3 40, or even hit a baseball 514 feet, but they still get hangovers like the rest of us, only they call theirs "flu-like symptoms."
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2 months ago
i agree with you when it comes to the hang over. I am a Lincecum fan and have no problem with him drinking a little too much on Monday. He has not had a week break like this in a long time. He was told by Bud Black the day before that he (along with brandon webb) were not going to pitch in the all star game. lastly, LeRoy does not have to start again until sunday. Oh, did you forget he is in NY! Why not live it up? Ask Duchscherer, he also woke up Tuesday morning with "Flu-like syptoms" I do not think he caught the same flu from lincecum. they were probably at different clubs/bars.
yes it was sad that tim was not in the pregame, but knowing he would not have pitched anyway sucks.
from 2 months ago
I was excited to see him pitch, being from MI we don't get many chances to great pitchers on the west coast. But I can't blame the guy, an all star in NY. I would have come down with "flu-like symptoms as well.
Thanks for the comments.
2 months ago
Yea, I had heard from a friend that when Rickey Henderson was playing for the Mets, my friend's Aunt had seen Rickey Henderson at a bar. he was sloshed, and he was buying everyone drinks. It had culminated with him dancing on top of a table with two random women. It seemed crazy, cause the aunt was very aware he had a game the next day.
Of course, the next day, Rickey Henderson was out of the game due to flu-like symptoms.
I'm going to send a message to your inbox, but I think you should re-write the article. Not that it is bad, but there is a lot more content that you can find to bring this issue up, whether on a serious or hilarious level.
from 2 months ago
Thanks for the response. It is always great seeing an athlete hanging out at the bar, especially when they take it way over the top. I partied once w/ Justin Verlander at a bar in Grand Rapids and he ended up getting hammered. I am sure he woke up the next day w/ "flu-like symptoms" but it was the offseason, so it was just a nasty hangover.
2 months ago
Wouldn't it have been great for Lincecum to come in the game in the 14th? I feel like he would have recovered by then. He commented on the fact that a lot of players caught the flu when they were playing for the Cubs last week. Its very possible that he had caught something there. Upon further sleuthing, Duchscherer could have caught the SAME flu from newly acquired Matt Murton or Sean Gallagher, who both came from, you guessed it, the highly infectious Chicago clubhouse. Either way, be it sickness or just a hangover, its a bummer that he didn't get to pitch, as I would have loved to see him pitch that inning that Edinson Volquez pitched. I doubt he would have given up a homerun. Tim's very good at keeping a lead once he gets it.
from 2 months ago
Man, those Cubbies must be a wild and crazy bunch. I gotta start partying in Chicago more often.
2 months ago
Thanks for deciphering some code for me. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some "I ate too much fiber" symptoms...
2 months ago
I see where you're getting at. But I think this might actually be legit.
2 months ago
This is an incredibly good theory, but it has one fatal flaw: no bartender in his right mind would give alcohol to a guy who looks to still be waiting for pubes.
2 months ago
the cooler thing would be having lincecum given a police escort from his manhattan hotel to pitch in the 15th. nothing better then that
from 2 months ago
That would have been SWEET!! Although seeing David Wright pitch would have been great to. Sadly the AL had to spoil all of our fun.
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