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On the Farm - Minor Thoughts
Written by Cody Decker   
Monday, 14 November 2011 09:25

dineroHave you ever spent three straight days in a Panamanian hospital?....  I have some news, it's not as fun as it sounds.  That's where I have been the last three days, and am currently sitting.  Confession time: For the last three weeks, I've had a pretty bad stomach ache.  The whole time I just assumed it would go away.  What stomach ache lasts for three weeks anyway, right?  Well, after two weeks, it wasn't hard for me to notice how fatigued I was.  Hell, it took everything I had in me to run out a double.  And there I was, on second base, on the raggedy edge, huffing and puffing as if I had just sprinted a 5K.  I mentioned it to my general manager down here: Almedo Seinz (former dodger, who's specialty was to just hit home runs in the 8th inning.  Vin Scully used to call him The Killer Tomato, and the name caught on.  Almedo even gave me a Killer Tomato t-shirt).  We talked about me seeing a doctor, but two days later, I woke up in truly excruciating pain.  Had my teammate call my manager and tell him I needed to go to the hospital.  Turned out, I had a pretty bad intestinal infection.  To say the least, it's been a rough three days.

 
Minor Thoughts- Chronicles of Panama: No Lion, No Witch, and a lack of Wardrobe PDF Print E-mail
On the Farm - Minor Thoughts
Written by Cody Decker   
Friday, 28 October 2011 12:53

Ladies and gentlemen!  It has been far too long.  Have you missed me?  If you feel that lump in your throat and finding yourself incapable of responding, there is no doubt your answer is: YES!!!!  Now, where did I leave off?!  What's happened since I last left my "Minor Thoughts" post (which now has a new home on Friarhood.com.....)  Well, quite a bit.  Allow me to give you the short version.  I ended up missing 3 months of the season due to my ankle injury.  I came back, had a great playoffs, helped win the Texas League Championship, MiLB.com named me Texas League player of the playoffs (the folks loved that), and have been shipped off to Panama for some winter ball action (FYI: that's Panama- the country, not Panama City Florida)!  I left out quite a bit in between: a short time at home, family tattoo day,  possibly a belly button ring story...... But I will get to all that in the book I fully intend on writing someday.  Now, to the matters at hand.

 


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