Michael Main diagnosed

by Adam J. Morris on Jul 29, 2009 11:59 PM CDT

2007 first rounder Michael Main, the righty pitcher who was thought by a lot of folks to be on the verge of a Felizian breakout season this year, has been on the shelf for a while with a mystery ailment that has finally been sort of diagnosed.

Main has been diagnosed with an "unidentified viral infection," but is apparently over his infection, and is scheduled to head out to Surprise on August 20 to start getting ready for fall instructs.

Good news there, I think...

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He’s everything we thought he’d be once he’s not diseased.

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by philkid3 on Jul 30, 2009 12:01 AM CDT reply actions

Who had "Patient Zero"

as their preseason prediction?

by Jack Nicholson 1974 on Jul 30, 2009 12:03 AM CDT reply actions

Very good news

by BuckyB on Jul 30, 2009 12:08 AM CDT reply actions

Hamthrax

That is all.

by Mister Naxal on Jul 30, 2009 12:08 AM CDT reply actions

Funny

by brettgardner on Jul 30, 2009 1:21 AM CDT up reply actions

these weird illnesses/injuries are racking up

it wouldn’t surprise me if we wake up tomorrow to hear that Matt Purke has club foot and A.J. Murray has polio.

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by willamos2 on Jul 30, 2009 12:08 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs

Dude, hilarious.

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by hightowersmith on Jul 30, 2009 1:34 AM CDT up reply actions

I think Murray'd probably be more likely to come down with scurvy

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by Walter Sobchak on Jul 30, 2009 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions

Quick! Promote Lemon to OKC!

by Telegraph on Jul 30, 2009 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs

Nice one.

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by LSJ on Jul 30, 2009 9:41 AM CDT up reply actions

heh

that deserves a rec

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by MayurP on Jul 30, 2009 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions

I think if we can get Main healthy again,and Purke and Scheppers both signed

It wouldn’t hurt so much if we had to trade away one of our top p prospects minus Martin Perez.

by TooLegitToQuit on Jul 30, 2009 12:10 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

i'd rather trade Perez over Feliz and probably Holland as well

Ideally, I’d like our best pitching prospects to be staggered so that we’re not waiting 2 years for Perez, Scheppers, et al to arrive (assuming Feliz and Holland would be traded).

I’d really rather not trade any of them, but I really just can’t wait to watch Feliz later this season.

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by willamos2 on Jul 30, 2009 1:03 AM CDT up reply actions

My only issue there

Perez supposedly has the highest ceiling of all 3

Im somewhat disheartened by DerHols struggles (i know i shouldnt) and i have a feeling that Feliz will be in the pen….

by Horns130 on Jul 30, 2009 4:01 AM CDT up reply actions

we all hoped Holland would come out firing just like he had at each promotion

but the kid’s a rook. It’s unfair of us to expect dominance right off the bat. And he really has looked good in most of his innings – it’s just that one inning that gets him every time.

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by Walter Sobchak on Jul 30, 2009 9:34 AM CDT up reply actions

I could live with Feliz or Holland being traded if Main could begin to hit his ceiling.

Hopefully this is the turning of a new leaf for him.

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by Maximilian on Jul 30, 2009 12:28 AM CDT reply actions

Good for Main

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by chrisR on Jul 30, 2009 12:58 AM CDT reply actions

So Michael Main has been diagnosed...

With an unidentified viral infection.

Cutting edge medical science at it’s best folks.

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by LSJ on Jul 30, 2009 12:59 AM CDT reply actions

you think it's aids?

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by studcrackers on Jul 30, 2009 7:50 AM CDT up reply actions

Well that's good, I suppose.

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by thedirkatron on Jul 30, 2009 1:44 AM CDT reply actions

Well, it wasn’t lupus.

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by Keynes on Jul 30, 2009 6:20 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

ITS NEVER LUPUS!

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by rentz on Jul 30, 2009 7:15 AM CDT up reply actions

If you are referring to house

I think it was lupus once

by Tony10 on Jul 30, 2009 8:06 AM CDT up reply actions

oh sure that one time

but other than that it’s never lupus

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by rentz on Jul 30, 2009 8:07 AM CDT up reply actions

What they needed to do

was to start treatment on him before they have a diagnosis. That usually works.

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by DJCahill on Jul 30, 2009 8:34 AM CDT up reply actions

certainly a combination of

tamilful and acyclovir will do the trick.

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Jul 30, 2009 8:49 AM CDT up reply actions

"It may be lupus, mono, sand in the clit"

“treat him for all of them stat”…we may kill him but at least we will know what he had, after the fact, when he’ dead..maybe..

by Tony10 on Jul 30, 2009 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions

Thats what

Dr. House would do. Sitting around waiting for a diagnosis is definitely not his style.

by DJCahill on Jul 30, 2009 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions

Whatever gets the job done

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by Gdawg on Jul 30, 2009 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions

Fail.

I was beaten to the punch

Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.

by TheJeezus on Jul 30, 2009 8:17 AM CDT up reply actions

It's lupus

Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.

by TheJeezus on Jul 30, 2009 8:16 AM CDT reply actions

Can you call it a diagnosis

if it’s unidentified?

Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.

by TheJeezus on Jul 30, 2009 8:18 AM CDT reply actions

sure you can..

i got a medical discharge from the marine corps due to “spontaneous anaphalaxis”, meaning those dumb naval doctors couldn’t figure out what triggered an allergic reaction and they decided to discharge me and pay me a nice severance package to boot..

by Tony10 on Jul 30, 2009 8:35 AM CDT up reply actions

I have medical discharge coming from a part of my body... should I see a doctor?

by jam0152 on Jul 30, 2009 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions

no, you're fine.

it’s on the way out

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by Walter Sobchak on Jul 30, 2009 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions

it's just your body cleaning out the toxins

I haven’t shit in three days, so I’m operating at peak efficiency, i’m using all the nutrients i take in

by kevinkinsler on Jul 30, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions

lol

I drop a load every morning at 6am

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by boomer1 on Jul 30, 2009 9:53 AM CDT up reply actions

i would kill

for your bowel movements right now

by kevinkinsler on Jul 30, 2009 10:21 AM CDT up reply actions

Never heard that one before

by BuckyB on Jul 30, 2009 1:36 PM CDT up reply actions

4:15

4th poop of the day.

Usually good for one more when I get home.

FYI.

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by Brian Thomas on Jul 30, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions

Damn.

I average .9 poops a day.

by octoberty on Jul 30, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Bro bro bro

That’s just colonic meanness.

Water + roughage, old bean.

Be kind to your sphincter, and your sphincter will be kind to you…

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

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by Brian Thomas on Jul 30, 2009 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions

10 oclock

Best one of the day.

By a ~~landslide~~ mudslide.

I’ll keep you posted, brah.

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

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by Brian Thomas on Jul 30, 2009 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions

11:30: Mother of all dumps (#3)

Like molten magma flowing violently downhill. I feel all lucid and whatnot now.

Any luck yet??

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

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by Brian Thomas on Jul 31, 2009 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions

I wait until I'm on company time

"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"

by Walter Sobchak on Jul 30, 2009 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions

Mix in

some fiber.

by DJCahill on Jul 30, 2009 9:59 AM CDT up reply actions

Van Damn

I don’t think I’ve ever gone more than 8 hours. It’s 11:30, and I’ve already gone twice.

3 days? WTF?

H2O man, H2O.

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

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by Brian Thomas on Jul 30, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions

or a big bowl of chili

"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"

by Walter Sobchak on Jul 30, 2009 10:36 AM CDT up reply actions

Any poopage yet?

9:15AM: BT drops second deuce of the day. Pants fit better.

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

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by Brian Thomas on Jul 31, 2009 8:11 AM CDT up reply actions

Who authorized that medical dischage?

by Telegraph on Jul 30, 2009 10:02 AM CDT up reply actions

The problem is that unidentified means unsolved

I sincerely hope Main is better and it never comes back, but that’s not how it’s gone at my house.

by other_shoe on Jul 30, 2009 8:47 AM CDT up reply actions

So you are saying...

The other shoe has dropped?

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by boomer1 on Jul 30, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions

Main

for all they hype has shown me nothing. He has yet to pitch for a full season. Injuries are likely to hamper this prospect into disappointment.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Jul 30, 2009 9:59 AM CDT reply actions

Duly noted.

I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.

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by Brian Thomas on Jul 30, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

I want Victor Martinez so bad.

by octoberty on Jul 30, 2009 10:01 AM CDT reply actions

V-Mart would make this lineup better

obviously you’d send cleveland a catcher. what else would you package for him, and how long does V-Mart have on his contract? He would be a big contract to add which seems unlikely.

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by NothinG on Jul 30, 2009 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions