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TAP
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 Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:13 am Post subject: Too many concussions for Matheny |
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Mike made the right decision. I suffered a pretty nasty concussion Monday night and have been nauseous and shaky with a shrill piercing headache since. You get too many of those and the brain stops recovering.
Go enjoy your family now with some of that money you've made in baseball, Mike. 
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Concussion symptoms force Matheny to retire
SAN FRANCISCO -- Mike Matheny's decision to retire was made for him. His doctor refused to clear the longtime catcher to play in 2007 after a concussion sidelined him for the final four months of last season.
Matheny's announcement Thursday that he is hanging up his catching gear after 13 major-league seasons came as no surprise. He didn't play again for the San Francisco Giants after May 31 following a series of foul tips he took in the mask -- and doctors warned him that he was more susceptible to even further damage if he received another blow.
"This is not a shoulder, a knee or an elbow," Matheny said on a conference call. "We're talking about the brain. ... I didn't expect this. I don't think anybody did."
In early December, Matheny underwent another extensive battery of tests at the Sports Concussion Program at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to determine if his symptoms had subsided. They had not. He said that on Dec. 28 he tried to exercise and after his heart rate had been elevated he experienced the same troublesome symptoms for a day and a half, such as fatigue, memory problems and a tough time focusing and seeing straight.
The 36-year-old Matheny played his last full season in 2005, his first year with San Francisco, and earned his fourth NL Gold Glove award. He owns a .239 career batting average with 67 home runs and 443 RBIs in 1,305 games for Milwaukee (1994-98 ), Toronto (1999), St. Louis (2000-04) and the Giants (2005-06).
Matheny is known as a fierce competitor who was often the first to show up at the stadium during spring training, sometimes at 6 a.m. He will miss his relationship with pitchers the most.
"As my catcher and as a person he just meant so much to me," said Giants pitcher Matt Morris, who also threw to Matheny in St. Louis. "On the field he taught me how to be a professional. Off the field he taught me to be a man and a respectful person. He's going to be sorely missed by everybody.
"Unfortunately through his head trauma and concussions, it's just ending a little abruptly to him. He was a guy so hard-nosed and he wanted to play every day, so for it to end this way is unfortunate. After the blows to the head, he wasn't the same. We want the old Mike Matheny back, baseball player or not," he said.
Now, Matheny will spend more time at home with his wife and their five children.
"It's been a fun ride," he said. "The finality of it just kind of hit today as I was signing the papers. I have been blessed beyond what I could have imagined. For me it's all been kind of a fantasy ride the whole time." |
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XB3
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 6:28 am Post subject: Re: Too many concussions for Matheny |
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| TAP wrote: |
| ... I suffered a pretty nasty concussion Monday night and have been nauseous and shaky with a shrill piercing headache since. You get too many of those and the brain stops recovering. |
Is this how you got your concussion?
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TAP
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:33 am Post subject: Re: Too many concussions for Matheny |
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| XB3 wrote: |
| TAP wrote: |
| ... I suffered a pretty nasty concussion Monday night and have been nauseous and shaky with a shrill piercing headache since. You get too many of those and the brain stops recovering. |
Is this how you got your concussion?
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I'll have to reboot to get this video to play, but mine was caused by sheer stupidity on my part. It was similar stupidity that allowed me to break my leg a few years back executing a prohibited move while skydiving. I'm told you eventually outgrow this sort of wreckless leisuretime activity. 
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Dangerfield
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 9:55 am Post subject: |
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now about Joe Mauer behind the plate....
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EvilJuan
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:36 am Post subject: Re: Too many concussions for Matheny |
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| XB3 wrote: |
| TAP wrote: |
| ... I suffered a pretty nasty concussion Monday night and have been nauseous and shaky with a shrill piercing headache since. You get too many of those and the brain stops recovering. |
Is this how you got your concussion?
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Some people will do anything for attention!
Once upon a time, a video such as the one you've linked would be enough to buy the guy in it a 72-hour pass to the psych ward for an evaluation...
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Hope you are feeling better TAP. Take it easy for a few days at least  |
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moviegeekjn
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| Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:46 am Post subject: Re: Too many concussions for Matheny |
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| TAP wrote: |
| Mike made the right decision. I suffered a pretty nasty concussion Monday night and have been nauseous and shaky with a shrill piercing headache since. |
Time off if necessary TAP. Hopefully it won't be as long as it too Edmonds last season (but he did eventually perform well enough come playoff time)
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| And Corey Koskie has been out since last July with post-concussion related issues. Even now, he's barely begun throwing and getting back into playing shape, and it's doubtful he'll be ready to start the season. |
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David B
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More on Koskie. He's even further behind than I thought.
Corey Koskie-3B- Brewers Feb. 4 - 12:55 pm et
Corey Koskie still hasn't been cleared to resume baseball activities due to the lingering symptoms of post-concussion syndrome.
His status for Opening Day and the entire season is in question. "There's really been no change," said assistant GM Gord Ash, who oversees the Brewers' medical program. "Sitting here, two weeks from the start of spring training, we can't say he'll be ready to play. We really won't know much until we see him and see what he can and can't do." All indications are that the Brewers will go with Craig Counsell and Tony Graffanino at third base if Koskie isn't ready. It'd seemingly make more sense to use Bill Hall there, but the Brewers seem set on leaving him in the outfield. Part of their reasoning is that top prospect Ryan Braun could be ready at some point during the season.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
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