Marlins' Willingham has herniated disk

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Baseball Today: Wednesday, May 21
Published 5/21/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... (Minneapolis Star-Tribune) . . . The Marlins' Josh Willingham has a herniated disc in his back and could be out for a month or more (Miami Herald) . . . The Brewers have lifted Carlos Villanueva, last seen getting cuffed around by the Red Sox, ...

Repair News
Published 5/21/2008 by photi (noreply@blogger.com) at Fish Chunks
Willingham sees "the Dr. James Andrews of backs", who diagnoses a herniated disk and prescribes a "core program" to build strength, with surgery a last resort. "My back has been feeling better the last three days", says Josh. (MiamiHerald) ...

Walking wounded report
Published 5/21/2008 by craig at FishStripes: Front Page Posts
... First up in today's walking wound report, Josh Willingham : It could be another month or more before left fielder Josh Willingham is back on the field. Willingham, who has been on the disabled list since May 2 because of a strained lower back, traveled to Los Angeles on Sunday to see renowned orthopedic surgeon Robert Watkins, who specializes in spinal surgery. ''He's the Dr. James Andrews of backs,'' said Willingham, who had a magnetic resonance imaging test Monday. ``He told me it was a herniated disk, which is the same ...