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SPORTS PEOPLE: BASEBALL; Dravecky's Left Arm Amputated, Giants Say SPORTS PEOPLE: BASEBALL; Dravecky's Left Arm Amputated, Giants Say. DAVE DRAVECKY, the pitcher who made a brief, dramatic comeback after surgery for cancer in his left arm, yesterday had the arm amputated, according to AL ROSEN, president of Dravecky's former team, the San Francisco Giants.
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- Former Baltimore Orioles star Cal Ripken Jr. said on SI Now on Thursday that he believes Pete Rose should be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rose, 73, was banned from baseball for life in 1989 for betting on games.
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Pro Players Mike Jeffcoat. Mike Jeffcoat’s Major League Pitching career from 1983-1994. Jeffcoat pitched for the Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, and the Florida Marlins. Tommy John. Thomas Edward (Tommy) John Jr. was a 4 time All-Star left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.
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No skate through life for Dorothy Hamill No skate through life for Dorothy Hamill. Originally published November 1, 2010 at 7:05 pm Updated November 1, 2010 at 9:16 pm. Dorothy Hamill, 1974 Olympic Gold Medalist in Women’s Figure Skating, is a breast cancer survivor. She recently launched a jewelry line with Helzberg Diamonds that will contribute money to fight the disease.
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This Major League baseball pitcher threw a no-hitter while tripping on LSD In one of the most memorable games in Major League baseball, Dock Ellis—a pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates—threw a no-hitter while he was tripping on LSD. Ellis was an incredible player, and arguably an even greater person—a powerful voice behind the black rights movement and also becoming an addiction-counsellor later in life.
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Joe Nathan From 2004 to 2009, Nathan was considered one of the top closers in MLB with four All-Star appearances and a league-leading 246 saves. In 2010, Nathan underwent Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow and missed the entire season.
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The real '127 Hours' climber who cut off his own arm held for domestic violence comments. Booked: Aron Ralston, whose story of amputating his own hand was turned into the film '127 Hours,' had domestic violence charges dropped. The hiker who cut off his own hand to free himself from a Utah canyon and inspired the blockbuster film '127 Hours' has been arrested on domestic violence charges.
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WATCH FOR AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE SYMPTOMS By Carolyn Ballou, California Department of Veterans Affairs. May 2, 2013 (Sacramento)--U.S. Air Force veteran George Chappell was a fuels specialist in Vietnam. He worked on all kinds of aircraft, including those used to dump the toxic herbicide Agent Orange over the jungles to expose enemy hiding places. At age 60, George was diagnosed with Stage 4 mantel cell lymphoma.
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'He has sacrificed more than anyone can imagine for his country': Soldier, 25, loses both arms and legs in bomb blast while on patrol in Afghanistan Hero: Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills, left, has had both his arms and legs amputated after he stepped on an IED while on patrol in Afghanistan last week. He is pictured in hospital with brother-in-law Josh Buck.
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Run-in with the bull leads to elbow surgery for Rangers' Martin Perez It puts Derek Holland tripping over his dog to shame. Now, the leader involves Martin Perez and a bull. Perez, a part-time offseason rancher, underwent surgery Monday to replace the radial head in his right (non-pitching) elbow after an incident with a bull in Venezuela. General manager Jon Daniels, who between Rougned Odor's horses and Perez's bulls has dealt with far too many stories involving livestock over the past 12 months for a guy who grew up in Queens, tried his best to explain what happened to Perez.
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'Million Dollar Arm' pitcher recovering from $20,000 surgery If you’re ready to show up on time and give all you’ve got, you’re going to succeed.”. (USA TODAY Sports Images). In a post to ESPN.com, Jerry Crasnick catches up with Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh, the Indian pitchers who pitched in the Pirates’ system and are the subjects of the new movie, Million Dollar Arm.Patel never got past rookie ball, pitching in parts of two seasons before returning to India to attend college.f you’re ready to show up on time and give all you’ve got, you’re going to succeed.”. (USA TODAY Sports Images). In a post to ESPN.com, Jerry Crasnick catches up with Dinesh Patel and Rinku Singh, the Indian pitchers who pitched in the Pirates’ system and are the subjects of the new movie, Million Dollar Arm.
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- “Nova” Zieske is a Great Dane that underwent amputation for osteosarcoma in our hospital. She completed carboplatin chemotherapy and is currently on metronomic chemotherapy (cytoxan and piroxicam daily) in hopes that we can improve the length of her remission. Visit www.tripawdnova.blogspot.com for more about her story.
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Brock Little: âI Have Cancer. It Sucks.â Son of a bitch…. The noted Hawaiian big-wave surfer and Hollywood stuntman Brock Little took to Instagram yesterday to announce his cancer diagnosis.
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Top Left-Handed Pitchers in Baseball History 1. Lefty Grove. One of the most underappreciated pitchers in baseball history. Others have more wins-Grove won his 300th game in his final start of a 17-year career-but in other areas, he was unparalleled. He led the American League in strikeouts seven consecutive years, victories four times and ERA nine times.
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- By Aron Ralston Wednesday 8 December 2010 In May 2003, American mountain climber Aron Lee Ralston was forced to amputate his lower right arm with a dull knife in order to free himself after a boulder trapped his arm. He lived to tell the tale to GQ Sport. My plan was to climb all of Colorado's peaks that were over 14,000 feet high.
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The Girl Who Turned to Bone But FOP is fickle in the positions in which it freezes people. One woman Peeper met was locked in a horizontal position and lived on a gurney. Another’s torso was angled backwards. Peeper met a girl who had lost an arm to a misdiagnosis: her doctors had thought the swelling in her left arm was a tumor. When they performed surgery, her arm began bleeding uncontrollably and they had to amputate it.
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- For the following 14 months, he underwent a series of invasive treatments, including chemotherapy, two limb-salvaging surgeries that impacted three of his four appendages, and a sternotomy to remove tumors from his lungs.
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A-Rod Dead At 33 NEW YORK—Baseball legend and mythical figure A-Rod, the New York Yankee third baseman and three-time American League Most Valuable Player, was declared dead Saturday after it was reported, and later confirmed, that the former Seattle Mariner and Texas Rangers All-Star tested positive for two anabolic steroids during the 2003 baseball season.
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A Few of Our Losses . . . Blake, Amanda, 60, actress; throat cancer (August 16, 1989) Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke; At 48, Blake, once a 2-pack a day smoker, had a malignant tumor removed from her tongue; she re-learned how to speak, toured for the American Cancer Society, and fought oral cancer until her death 12 years later.
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Man's leg amputated after contracting unidentified flesh-eating bacteria at Texas beach Man's leg amputated after contracting unidentified flesh-eating bacteria at Texas beach. Doctors reportedly had to amputate Brian Parrott's right leg after he contracted an unknown bacterial infection at a Galveston, Texas, beach on Sunday, June 12. His family says he's now fighting for his life.
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Terry Fox His right leg was amputated in 1977 after he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, though he continued to run using an artificial leg. He also played wheelchair basketball in Vancouver, winning three national championships. In 1980, he began the Marathon of Hope, a cross-country run to raise money for cancer research.He hoped to raise one dollar from each of Canada's 24 million people. He began with little fanfare from St. John's, Newfoundland in April and ran the equivalent of a full marathon every day.is right leg was amputated in 1977 after he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, though he continued to run using an artificial leg. He also played wheelchair basketball in Vancouver, winning three national championships. In 1980, he began the Marathon of Hope, a cross-country run to raise money for cancer research.
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- JAMES BALDWIN COLLECTED ESSAYS Notes of a Native Son Nobody Knows My Name The Fire Next Time No Name in the Street The Devil Finds Work Other Essays THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA
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Amputee toddler with one-of-a-kind arm cancer adjusts to her condition with the help of Doc the rescue kitten who also had her paw removed after horror accident Amputee toddler with one-of-a-kind arm cancer adjusts to her condition with the help of Doc the rescue kitten who also had her paw removed after horror accident. Scarlette Tipton, two, had to have her left arm removed at 10 months old.
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- Extravasation of Chemotherapy. A 50-year-old man receiving chemotherapy for his metastatic lung cancer developed these skin changes on his arm after chemotherapy. These changes are caused by extravasation of chemotherapy and can be a risk for patients who do not have an intravenous port.
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Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos. Male: He flew into a barbed wire fence, and damaged the soft tissue of his right wing and chest. He also tore the ligaments in the wing and shoulder. He was transferred to us in 1998 and placed in the raptor aviary. In 2005 during a routine health exam it was discovered that he had bone cancer in the right wing; the tip of the wing was amputated to prevent the cancer from spreading.
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Scorpion-derived âtumor paintâ helps dogs at WSU Saved a leg. Phase 1 of the trials involved administering tumor paint intravenously to 28 canine cancer patients prior to surgery, said William Dernell, professor and chair of WSU’s veterinary clinical sciences. “These were people’s pets that had developed cancer spontaneously, not in a lab,” he said.