No major stories here. I was pitching, friends were batting and catching. Guy caught the ball and tossed it back to me. It was a nice, easy lob, so I just caught it in my right, non-gloved hand. It was SUCH and easy catch that I didn't make an effort to open my hand thoroughtly, and the ball caught my pinkie. Ow.

Went to the emergency room. I just asked "I hurt my hand, but I can move everything and it's not that painful, so it's probably not broken, right?" The nurse agreed. Said it was up to me if I wanted to be seen, so I left. This was on Sunday. I'd tape it up, and made sure I did a REAL good job for the volleyball game on Wed. First solid hit and I realized there was something seriously damaged in there. I took myself out of the game and when it was over, I went to the ER, where they told me "it probably isn't broken." It was.

Now, do we want to talk about how OTHER PEOPLE do that "Quit whinin' and get on with it!" stuff? Like when someone blows out their anterior cruciate ligament (knee) in a practice and people are pissed because you can't get off the floor? It gets worse. The doctor in charge of making a decision to refer me to an orthopedic guy told me there was nothing wrong. I was transferred, had a different doc refer me and ended up having reconstructive surgery.

Morons abound. Sometimes they have medical degrees, and sometimes they're me.