I'm no doctor, although I have played one on TV. But as a reasonably qualified baseball fan, I'm having a hard time diagnosing some of the maladies suffered by the nation's best-conditioned, highest-paid, and most-pampered athletes.
One of baseball's top pitchers, the Rockies Ubaldo Jimenez, was placed on the 15-day disabled list after suffering - are you ready for this? - an injured cuticle. No knock on Jimenez, an all-star last season, but can you imagine, say, a construction worker taking a two-week sick leave with an injured cuticle?
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