McCann going blind after eye surgery
Last week, Brian McCann thought he'd fixed his blurred vision by getting some new contacts. Apparently that didn't actually work, and he will now be headed to the DL.
My first thought is that I'm pissed, because he's the catcher for the Doomsday Church of Oblivion, and he was supposed to be one of the anchors of the offense. I need a catcher, after all, and I thought it was pretty important that I had one of the best offensive catchers in the game. But after sucking ass for the last three weeks, he will now be out entirely for the next two.
But my second thought was about laser eye surgery, for two reasons:
- I think this is an upcoming issue, and that people should be thinking* about eye surgery in the same way they think about performance enhancing drugs
- I read the following line:
McCann is hopeful that he can regain his optimal vision by simply repeating the Lasik surgical procedure that he first underwent after the 2007 season.
* When I say "thinking" about them in the same way, I don't mean "think of them in the same light," or that having eye surgery is a bad thing. I'm just baffled that nobody seems to care that players are having surgery to improve their performance when they cared more than anything they've ever cared about before that players were using drugs to do the same thing. In other words, I think people should be thinking about the ethical implications and possible dangers of performance enhancing eye surgery.
So Brian McCann had laser eye surgery about 18 months ago, had a great 2008 season, and now ... he's going blind.
As a Twins fan, I'm suddenly worried about Denard Span, Michael Cuddyer, and Justin Morneau, who have had the eye surgery. I really don't want these guys going blind.
I'm going to keep following this, and I'm going to hope McCann gets through this smoothly and that the eye surgery procedure is safe. Stay tuned.
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Posted by Sean Schulte at 2009-04-25 22:18:05
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