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So, check this out. Yesterday Ken Rosenthal over at FOXSports.com breaks a story that says Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols will undergo arthroscopic debridement surgery on his right elbow today (that would be removing bone chips, I don't know why they don't just say that?.)
My first thought was, I thought I read a piece about this last year over on our Bloguin friends site over at Fantasy Hurler? So I went and looked. I did!
The say that they will be removing bone chips in his elbow. Last October they said that he had nerve transposition (that's where you transpose a nerve - follow?) on the same elbow. I think someone should look into this.
 Perhaps there is some sort of Steve Austin thing going on here. "The $14,427,326 Man?" After all, in St. Louis they do call him "The Machine" right? All I know is that I'm told the guy had nerve transposition surgery so I figured the guy was damaged goods, would at least have a drop-off in stats and stayed clear of him at last year's fantasy draft.
Oh contraire!
With a transposed nerve and bone chips in his right elbow (his throwing arm too) Pujols proceeded to hit .327 / 47 / 135. What would the guy have hit with a healthy arm? We've got about 300 other Major League batters out there with healthy arms and no one can hit like he does? And here lies the issue.
Is it conceivable that he had some sort of bionic procedure and is now going back to have it tweaked? Everyone is so focused on talking about steroids and human growth hormone. Pujols has denied those things up and down the river and even got his wife Dee Dee involved in the topic. Remember the Sports Illustrated story just before last season?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not accusing Pujols of cheating. I'm just saying........
Hey look, if some woman suggested that I had a bionic penis I would be flattered. I'm just throwing out the possibility that his got something extraordinary going on there. His performance on the field is that good.
Bionic or not, I'd take him on my team any day. You can be sure I'll bid a few extra dollars on him this year after this bionic enhancement. - Peter Costa
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