secrets of the Mets training table revealed?
"As the Mets gobbled up pep and pancakes during a players-only meeting in the clubhouse kitchen yesterday morning...."
and here i thought baseball was worried about the image of steroid-shooting, "greenie"-popping players. speaking of which, noted juicehead Jason Giambi is still not in playing shape due to the "intestinal parasites" the he and Kevin Brown picked up, ummm, somewhere. then the crack t.s.o.a. research team decided to look into the symptoms of steroid withdrawal, which are:
Weakness, fatigue, decreased appetite, weight loss, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea (which can lead to fluid and electrolyte abnormalities), and abdominal pain are common. Blood pressure can become too low, leading to dizziness or fainting. Blood sugar levels may drop. Patient may no longer be able to hit above .250.
OK, we added that last bit, but the rest of it sounds pretty in line with what poor Jason has been suffering through, especially since all the tests for cancer and whatnot have come back negative. maybe he and Ryan "4 HR" Klesko can have a beer this winter and talk about how great it was to land big contracts before baseball's financial and anabolic bubbles burst.
*last second update* - Giambi is now being tested for a (new) potentially life-threatening condition caused by internal parasites, and could be out for the year. the disease is called "amebiasis". here's what the CDC has to say:
Although anyone can have this disease, it is most common in people who live in developing countries that have poor sanitary conditions. In the United States, amebiasis is most often found in immigrants from developing countries. It also is found in people who have traveled to developing countries and in people who live in institutions that have poor sanitary conditions. Men who have sex with men can become infected and can get sick from the infection, but they often do not have symptoms.
Posted by jamie at July 26, 2004 03:16 PM