Injuries

Here's two ones which are completely new to me; new, in the sense of "Gee! I had never heard of someone going on the injured report before for this ailment".

Kazuo Matsui, Houston Second Baseman, just had surgery to repair an anal fissure, and will be out for two weeks. You might remember Kaz, much-ballyhooed signing by the Mets a few years back [as SS], multi-coloured hair and not a lot else except promise. Had a decent year for Colorado last year; signed to replace the retired Craig Biggio as second sacker for the 'stros. Anal fissures?

Felix Pie [uh, it's not actually pronounced "Pi"], Chicago Cubs' Centerfielder, just had what the Cubs described as minor surgery. Felix had suffered a testicular torsion injury, and the surgery attached the edge of the testicle to the wall of the scrotum. Now, if it were MY nut I was describing, and the procedures involved snipping AND sewing, I would not describe the surgery as minor. Maybe if it was your nut, though. Pie is expected to miss a handful of games ;-)