Moyer hospitalized
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Moyer hospitalized
David Murphy, Daily News Staff Writer
Veteran lefty Jamie Moyer is expected to spend the next few days at Thomas Jefferson University hospital as doctors attempt to pinpoint the cause of renewed pain in his surgically-repaired groin/lower abdomen.
Here's team doctor Michael Ciccotti on the situation, which he says should not at this point prevent Moyer from returning for the start of spring training.
"As you know, seven weeks ago Jamie had a sports hernia repair by Dr. Bill Myers, who is a national expert," Ciccotti said. "And he had it done at Hanehman University, where Dr. Myers is, and everything went very well. And maybe since the weekend he started to have some increasing discomfort, some symptoms, and that prompted us to have him come to Philadelphia to be evaluated. He saw Bill Myers. Our feelng was we would have him admitted to Thomas Jefferson. We're in the midst of evaluating him. He's very comfortable. He's walking. He's up. He's doing his normal routine. And we're in the midst of evaluting him and treating him for this increase in pain. He's getting some tests, a MRI. We'll be monitoring him over the next several days. He's continuing to exercise as his comfort allows. That's really where we're at right now. His recurrent discomfort or pain is what prompted him to be evaluated and to come up here to be seen by Dr. Myers, who has done the surgery, so he could get a better perspective on it."
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The Phillies have made several minor league signings over the past week. The headliner is probably DeWayne Wise, a 32-year-old utility man who is best known as the guy who saved Mark Buehrle's perfect game with an outstanding leaping catch at the wall.
Wise hit .225/.262/.366 in 153 plate appearances for the White Sox. The Phillies also have signed 31-year-old Wilson Valdez, another utility man who hit .256/.326/.337 in 95 plate appearances for the Mets.
Get well Mr. Moyer! My guess is that DeWayne Wise and Wilson Valdez will be insurance from the minor leagues or cut. They are not what you want coming off the bench to hit.
GeorgeDumbyaBush -- Go post on Fox News or MSNBC and stop taking up space on nonsensical comparisons.— KINGOFZED- thor...you know for a fact that ALL players contracts are insured? Where did you get that idea from? It certianly is not true. The insurance a team can get for a players contract is based on a lot of factors...health, age, history, etc. For instance, the Mets Johan Santana had a history of elbow problems when they signed him to a $137.5M contract and therefore they could not find an insurance company to take that risk, so if Santana's elbow blows up the Mets are on the hook for every dime of his contract. Giving a 46 year old a two-year mulimillion dollar contract would raise flags and insurance companies could, and probably did, decline to offer coverage. Would an insurance company give a policy to a 85 year old in failing health who's smoked for 60 years? Same thing with a ballplayer in his twilight years who risks breaking down at any pitch. In any case I'd love to see Moyer come back healthy, pitch well and instill his baseball insight in the younger players on the team.— Eilex826
- Kingofdumb Fox and MSNBC don't take people that have facts and want to get out a message for positive change.That's why their called conservatives,look up the definition please,we'd still be living in caves sitting around a pile of rocks if it wasn't for progressive thinkers.Now,boy go serve Mr. Montgomery his candied sweet potatoes.BBBBBAAAAAAAAABBBBBAAAAA...— GeorgeDumbyaBush
- Please Talk sports not politics
Hey GeorgeDumb: Keep your political comments to yourself, this is a BASEBALL blog, not a pocketball blog.— DaveCicc- Dave being the CHICCK,you are I'm sure you're on the Pocketball Special O.Team.This is America right Davinci,and our economy effects everything including sports.This is the year the curse of Steinbrenner and his ungodly spending on men playing kids games could finally be reversed,and fiscal sanity brought back to sports.How do you justfy children trapped in mens bodies many more than Doctors or Scientists saving millions and improving our standard of living every day making a fraction of that.I agree to disagree,I think this is an excellent forum to discuss the economics behind sports because with the Economy as bad as it is it effect everything from ticket prices,to what free agents we get,how much our Comcast bills go up and how much tickets cost,just ask Phillie fans.This is just the beginning of the economies effect on the fans enjoyment of the live sports experience.— GeorgeDumbyaBush
DeWayne Wise + Wilson Valdez + Juan Castro = Automatic World Championship. Polanco? We don't need no stinkin' Polanco. A reliable starter? We've got Hamels, Martinez and Moyer.
