Seems to be an Epidemic

[BigOwl]

Thanks, Bob. It's also great to know that during the soon-to-be-hapnin' baseball season we'll be able to make our fandoms known. Probably what all Cards and Cubbies fans have in common is Harry Caray (I wore my HC tee-shirt to a Rangers/Cubs interleague game last year and wowed all the Cubs fans around me).

Hope Boone finds us. It'd be great if he knew what fans we are (even though I'll only go to an Astros game if my daughter pays for it!).

 

[Eva]

Best of wishes and prayers towards him and his family. I'm quite shocked at the number of people in the public eye dealing with aortic surgery lately.

I am sure the tension and pressure has been increasing over the years and somehow it speeds up the deterioration of any disease... this is why we more and more people are dealing with this surgery!

 

[Bryan B]

Okay, a friend has passed along our good thoughts and best wishes personally to Aaron Boone, told him about vr.com, and invited him to look in on us. Anyway, whether he joins here or not, certainly wish him all the best in a forthcoming operation that sounds a lot like the one I had. If I made it with flying colors as a 63-year-old geezer, I'm confident he will do great as a 36-year-old professional athlete.

+1 on the good job Bob. I just spent the last 15 minutes "intergooglizing" in vain trying to find an e-mail in which I could send him my best wishes and invite him to take a look at vr.com for any information or support he might be interested in from people who have gone through what he is about to go through.

 

[Bryan B]

Pffft, no reason he can't return to baseball. I wish people would get a grip.

This post gets a +100

There is absolutely no reason he can't be playing professional baseball again at the same level (maybe better with a better functioning valve) a year from now. It's still spring training and the article mentioned that he was considering having the surgery later this week. That would give him an entire year to recover and rehab from the surgery. He just turned 36 a few days ago, and now days a baseball player that keeps him self in shape (without the aid of steroids ) can easily play until at least 40 if not beyond that if they have the talent. My prediction is that barring complications, Aaron will be on the Astro's roster next season in a similar role as he was expected to play this season...platooning at third base, pinch hitting, and being a leader in the clubhouse.

 

[Ross]

Just a guess here guys, but I think the question has more to do with his age after recovering fully. He'll be almost 40 AND coming back from a long layoff. He'll definitely be able to play baseball. Odds are stacked strongly against his being sharp enough and quick enough at that age to be playing major league baseball. If he were 25, totally different set of circumstances.

At 40? He ain't dead yet. GET UP.

Seriously though, maybe he'll be slow coming out of the gate, but with some conditioning training, I think he'll be good to go for a few more years.

Then again, after going through heart surgery, he may discover that baseball is no longer the most important thing in his life.

 

[Superbob]

+1 on the good job Bob. I just spent the last 15 minutes "intergooglizing" in vain trying to find an e-mail in which I could send him my best wishes and invite him to take a look at vr.com for any information or support he might be interested in from people who have gone through what he is about to go through.

Thanks, Bryan. I sent our well wishes and invitation via a person who works with Bob Boone, who is assistant GM of the Washington Nationals and Aaron's dad, so hopefully he will pass it along to Aaron.

Also, there may be a way through the Houston Astros website to send messages of support to Aaron. I will check.

Revision: There is a place for fan comment on Astro's MLB site here:
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/...t_id=4010636&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou

I will leave a comment and mention vr.com

 

[JeffM]

Well, I sure wish him the best. And I'd be more than a little delighted to see him take the field after his surgery.

 

[Guest]

Glad to see another baseball fan on the forum. Cubbies here (despite the Texas address), married to a Pirates fan.

Several of us are baseball fans here! I, too, am a Cubs fan ... as is Lorraine ... and a few others of which I know. During the 2003 VR Reunion in Chicagoland, we watched at least one, if not 2, of the playoff games ... Cubs vs. Marlins.

My Dad is the Pirates fan in our family. He grew up in the Holsopple/Johnstown area....




As for Aaron ... sure hope it goes well for him.



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[ctyguy]

I saw an article in the NY Times that stated he would have the surgery at Stanford Universidy, no mention of a surgeon or the type of valve. I suspect he is done professionally, he was being projected as a part time starter going into this season, he has had 2 knee surgeries in the last 5 years and his mobility is already limited(from a baseball standpoint). Being away from live pitching for a year makes a comeback all that much more improbable. He is going to be competing for a job with guys 15 years his junior who have legs forever. Not impossible, but improbable.

When he hit the ALCS homerun as a Yankee against Boston (game 7) he was all over the NY press and was on Letterman. I caught the interview and besides being really personable he talked about the family legacy and how he would like to get into coaching when his playing days are over.

Hopefully he gets through this without issues and can back in a uniform one way or another.

 

[BigOwl]

Well, coaching/managing ain't no bad gig for a ballplayer after his playin' days are up. Good luck to him.

 

[Nupur]

Just read that he will be having surgery at Stanford and the famed Dr. Miller will perform his surgery on Th. Yay! He will be in good hands. My respect for Dr. Miller
was only enhanced after my consult with him. Hope all will go well.

 

[ponytaila1a]

Nupur....you are having the same surgeon as Boone??? Wonderful!!