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0 Subject: Rocco Baldelli's career could be over...

Posted by: Tree
- [242231217] Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 21:19

surprised i didn't see this posted. definitely sad...

from rotoworld...

Rocco Baldelli will be sidelined indefinitely due to metabolic and/or mitochondrial abnormalities that leave him feeling extremely fatigued after even brief workouts.

Baldelli was on the verge of tears several times while discussing the details of what he called a life-threatening condition. "As far as my baseball career I'm not here to stand in front of you telling you I'm retiring,'' Baldelli said. "We're still going pursue any avenue that we can to try to figure out what is going on and have a better understanding of what is going on. But at this time throughout all of the extensive testing that we've done, we don't have a concrete answer." He'll be placed on the disabled list to start the season, and his career seems in jeopardy if Doctors can't diagnose the problem.


more, from the Devil Rays site...
1KrazyKoalaBears
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      Wed, Mar 12, 2008, 21:34
I briefly saw a headline that he'd start the season on the DL and was thinking about how quickly he'd gone from future star to chronically injured. That it's a result of something that could threaten his career, or worse, his life, is both surprising and sad.

Hope for the best for him, even if he never lifts a bat in a major league game again.
2barilko6
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      Thu, Mar 13, 2008, 15:44
I heard a lot of comparisons between Rocco and Joltin Joe when Rocco was first coming up. Now that might be a stretch, but the guy had serious talent, and this is really a shame.
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