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Tough? You want tough? We take you to the eighth inning of the Rockies-Diamondbacks game Monday night, when Miguel Olivo passed a kidney stone in the bathroom adjacent to the dugout.
The amazing part is what he did a few minutes later. He strapped on his catching gear and returned to his croutch behind home plate.
“Believe me, it’s not fun,” said Olivo. “Sometimes, when I’ve got that thing, I just want to die. But I can handle pain a little bit. Once it’s gone, I’m notmal, I’m good. Let’s play baseball.”
Olivo has learned to live with the condition ever since he began experiencing kidney stones in 2003 while playing for the White Sox. But passing a stone during a game and acting as if he walked into the clubhouse to get a new catcher’s mitt?
“Come on,” said Olivo. “After I passed it, I don’t even feel it anymore. I don’t feel anything. It’s like crazy.”
Olivo has amazed his teammates with his tough-guy tactics. To wit: Olivo took a nasty foul tip off his shoulder during Tuesday’s game, prompting Rockies manager Jim Tracy to come out of the dugout to check on him.
Moments later, the two were laughing it up. What gives?
Said Tracy: “When I went out there to check on him, I asked if it (the foul tip) knocked anything else loose that I need to know about.”
The amazing part is what he did a few minutes later. He strapped on his catching gear and returned to his croutch behind home plate.
“Believe me, it’s not fun,” said Olivo. “Sometimes, when I’ve got that thing, I just want to die. But I can handle pain a little bit. Once it’s gone, I’m notmal, I’m good. Let’s play baseball.”
Olivo has learned to live with the condition ever since he began experiencing kidney stones in 2003 while playing for the White Sox. But passing a stone during a game and acting as if he walked into the clubhouse to get a new catcher’s mitt?
“Come on,” said Olivo. “After I passed it, I don’t even feel it anymore. I don’t feel anything. It’s like crazy.”
Olivo has amazed his teammates with his tough-guy tactics. To wit: Olivo took a nasty foul tip off his shoulder during Tuesday’s game, prompting Rockies manager Jim Tracy to come out of the dugout to check on him.
Moments later, the two were laughing it up. What gives?
Said Tracy: “When I went out there to check on him, I asked if it (the foul tip) knocked anything else loose that I need to know about.”
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