4/28/09

Rememer that whole hospital thing?.....Yeaaaaaaaaah.....

So I spent the whole day with our team trainer at the hospital, getting xrays, ct scans, an EKG, blood tests, lung capacity tests, etc. Only to get a call tonight from the club saying that I can't have surgery because the insurance runs out after the season ends. So I'm shit out of luck.

This is after I first found out that I needed surgery last November. I talked to the team and decided to play through the season and have it after the season. Now the season is over and they're asking me for rent (after telling me the whole season I can stay May for free) and telling me I can't have surgery. Up to this point the LakeStars organization has been pretty good. I've certainly enjoyed my time here, and while there have been a few minor complaints, it was overall pretty good. But this last month the team has gotten super sheisty.

I don't know what to say. I guess I'll be coming home next week. Now I have more time off, not sure what I'll do. On the positive side I won't have to spend $600 for rent and $1000 for the surgery....

It's interesting, fans often get upset at professional players because of a perceived lack of loyalty when the player chooses to sign elsewhere for more money or elects to have surgery or not to play. I've been guilty of this myself many times; I still hold a grudge against Alex Rodriguez because he left the M's (to clarify: I don't blame him, I just hate him. Hey I didn't say it was rational). Now I promise never to make that mistake again. Professional athletics is a shady business, teams abuse players bodies and then dump them.

In my case, I had a conversation with the team where I said I would play out the season and then get surgery in the offseason. They said the insurance would cover it, they even said I could stay for free in May (to be fair, they said these two things at separate times). It sucks for me, I could have had the surgery done with now and been feeling better than the beat up feeling I have right now.

Sitting here in the moment, I'm upset cause I won't be getting surgery. I'm upset at my team for playing with me like this. Maybe it sounds sappy but I hope this doesn't sour my experience in Japan. I've loved living here, hopefully these last shitty memories don't skew my overall time here. Guess we'll see.


On the plus side...SEATTLE!

2 comments:

  1. I am excited about the last sentence but not so excited that the team did this to you. Not very nice. Did you try kicking them in the shins yet? C U!!!!

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  2. dang that is a tough situation man. Its always tough to figure what the next move can be and I have the same beat up body feeling. Good luck with getting the surgery and all that sorted out.

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