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Get well soon, Doug

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You're probably heard that Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Doug Davis is scheduled for surgery today to have his thyroid removed, stemming from a bout with thyroid cancer.

Davis pitched a "farewell for now" game on Tuesday before heading to the Arizona DL to undergo the surgery and have some time to recover and get well, and he got the win with six innings pitched, striking out seven and allowing two earned runs against the Dodgers. Upon his exist from the game, he was given a long standing ovation in Phoenix, and got well wishes from many of the Dodgers and all of the umpires. It was really quite a scene.

Here's hoping Davis is back as soon as humanly possible. Get well soon, Doug, from all of us at Camden Chat.

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kicking cancer's ass is BIRDLAND! Albeit a NL, no-DH, slightly weaker version of BIRDLAND.

Drinkin' the Kool-Aid!!!

by BPinOK on Apr 10, 2008 11:16 AM EDT   0 recs

fuck cancer.

"The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game: it's a part of our past, Ray. It reminds of us of all that once was good and it could be again."

by 2632 on Apr 10, 2008 12:01 PM EDT   0 recs

Thanks for your sympathies, O's fans.

We've got a thread at the 'Pit that we are planning on printing out and sending to Doug via the Dbacks FO. If you'd like to send him a msg, here's the link: http://www.azsnakepit.com/2008/4/9/391144/doug-davis-get-well-soon-t

Thanks again.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2008 12:45 PM EDT   0 recs

Thanks for the kind thoughts guys

One of the times we are all on the same side :)

All the best Brits support the Diamondbacks!

by AZDarkKnight on Apr 10, 2008 1:48 PM EDT   0 recs

It's not a baseball thing, it's a human one.

Dodgers fans have been there. Braves fans have been there. Red Sox fans have been there. Etc. etc.

We're all on the same side here.

"Yeah, I mean - Cal was much more important to me growing up than Jesus. And frankly, set just as good an example. Loyalty, discipline, hard work, humility, generosity, charity, AND 3,184 career hits. Is JESUS in the 3,000 hit club? I don't think so." - 2632

by Kristen on Apr 10, 2008 2:18 PM EDT   0 recs

Damn straight

Last night during the rain delay they were showing Game 2 of the O's-Mariners ALDS and when Eric Davis came up to bat they mentioned he was skipping his weekly chemo treatment to play in the game. Insane.

My best to Doug Davis and his family. I just lost a grandparent to cancer about 1 month ago.

by Stacey on Apr 10, 2008 2:24 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Thyroid cancer is reasonably treatable?

I hope so.

If they had said kidney, stomach, or pancreatic, the outlook would be bad.

by drj on Apr 10, 2008 3:16 PM EDT   0 recs

His mother and sister are both thyroid cancer survivors.

He's lucky in that it's one of the most treatable, survivable cancers there are. The surgery was to remove his thyroid gland.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 10, 2008 11:12 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He's got a few weeks

of radiation treatment and (hopeful) recovery, now.

"I was tied to a chair and he had a baseball bat. Pissing him off was the smart thing to do."

by DbacksSkins on Apr 11, 2008 12:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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