Good news update on Ryan Westmoreland...

Vagrant said:

It seems highly unlikely he'll ever play at a high level again, but with a thing like this it's hard to really think about baseball. When you start to hear the stories of other athletes that have had this happen and they're all deceased as a result, this is the best possible outcome.

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Tomlinson21RB said:

Vagrant said:

It seems highly unlikely he'll ever play at a high level again, but with a thing like this it's hard to really think about baseball. When you start to hear the stories of other athletes that have had this happen and they're all deceased as a result, this is the best possible outcome.

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Or the guy that won the Tour de France twice after his surgery.

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Vagrant said:

Tomlinson21RB said:

Vagrant said:

It seems highly unlikely he'll ever play at a high level again, but with a thing like this it's hard to really think about baseball. When you start to hear the stories of other athletes that have had this happen and they're all deceased as a result, this is the best possible outcome.

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Or the guy that won the Tour de France twice after his surgery.

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Riding a bike doesn't exactly take the coordination of hitting a 95 MPH fastball. I'm not by any stretch trying to wish this kid bad luck, but the baseball career is pretty well over. But that's not the important part. Distance bike riding is mostly about muscle endurance. Sadly, that's probably one of the least important parts of baseball. Reflexes and reaction time.

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Tomlinson21RB said:

Vagrant said:

Tomlinson21RB said:

Vagrant said:

It seems highly unlikely he'll ever play at a high level again, but with a thing like this it's hard to really think about baseball. When you start to hear the stories of other athletes that have had this happen and they're all deceased as a result, this is the best possible outcome.

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Or the guy that won the Tour de France twice after his surgery.

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Riding a bike doesn't exactly take the coordination of hitting a 95 MPH fastball. I'm not by any stretch trying to wish this kid bad luck, but the baseball career is pretty well over. But that's not the important part. Distance bike riding is mostly about muscle endurance. Sadly, that's probably one of the least important parts of baseball. Reflexes and reaction time.

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That was more in response to you saying "When you start to hear the stories of other athletes that have had this happen and they're all deceased as a result..." It sounds like it's far from a death sentence, especially since it's been found and treated. The issue now, from my minimal understanding, is whether there are any effects on his coordination resulting from the surgery, and less from the actual angioma.

http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/mlb/ne ... id=5001399

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