S.F. Giants Buster Posey, 25, has shingles

[Auggie]

DENVER (AP) - San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey has shingles and is out of the starting lineup for Wednesday night's game at Colorado.

Manager Bruce Bochy said Posey contracted a painful rash Sunday night under his left armpit, on his left side and his back. He'll be available to hit, but Hector Sanchez got his second straight start.

After playing three games at Arizona, Posey got the day off Monday at Coors Field, part of a plan to ease him back after he missed most of last season with a broken leg from a home-plate collision in May.

Brought on by the same virus that causes chickenpox, shingles is a blistering skin rash most common in older people. It usually ends after four weeks, but one in five victims develop long-term nerve pain.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/baseball/mlb/wires/04/11/2010.ap.bbn.giants.posey.shingles.0158/

Oh man, this sucks.

[madinmaryland]

1. My best friend had it when he was in his late 20's...

It always bothered him afterwards. Unfortunately he is no longer alive (not due to shingles, though I sometimes if the scars on his head were part of the reason that he is not alive.)

[Auggie]

4. Bruce Bochy said on radio he'll play tomorrow

and could have played today. At age 25 I'd want to speculate Posey might be strong enough to whether the discomfort, but then, never having shingles I don't know.

But imagine playing in summer ... with the heat and humidity. That could be hell.

[Kadie]

2. Oh no.

Poor Buster!

[Upton]

3. Shingles are no joke

The Giants may have to DL him...bring up the automatic out (Whiteside) since they'll need a backup to Sanchez,..and send down somebody.

[Kingofalldems]

5. Hmmm. Flores or Ramos?

Both excellent with plenty of pop. Flores raking this year.

[Upton]

6. No thanks..

if Buster can't go, Hector Sanchez will do the job. The Giants are rich in catching, what with Posey, Sanchez, Tommy Joseph, and Andrew Susac...that first two are obviously on the ML team, while Joseph and Susac are both rated in the top 6 of Giants prospects by Baseball America...

[Auggie]

7. Sounds like Posey will play tomorrow

Damn, I hope so. Watching the Rockies game right now -- the team is a lot weaker without him.

[Upton]

8. Lincecum got his hair cut!

From everything I've read most cases of shingles are in individuals over 60. This isn't a very good sign....and even if Buster is ready to go tomorrow, he won't be himself, just because of the medication alone. Maybe the Giants just ought to DL him and make sure he is okay..

[El Supremo]

10. You call that a hair cut?

It must have interfered with his bong smoking and he chopped it off at the shoulders himself.

I love this match up! The Mormon vs. The Pot Head.

Going the Rox' way so far.

[Auggie]

11. As long as he doesn't lose what strength he has

BTW, Krukow apparently played with shingles too. Bochy mentioned it on the pregame show.

No, it's not a good sign. Especially considering the how physical it is to play catcher.

[ellisonz]

9. Weird. n/t

[bluedigger]

12. That's miserable.

That will probably bother him the rest of his career.

[El Supremo]

13. I just had my shot last month....

But I'm a whoooole lot older than Posey. I've heard nothing but nasty shit concerning this disease.

Hey! 5-nothing Rocks! It is torture watching Timmy bat. He is so out of place.

[Auggie]

14. My Dad has it. Nasty shit is right.

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6-0. Fuck -- this game is over.

[El Supremo]

15. Timmy is gone.

What's his ERA now? 10?

[Auggie]

17. 7-6 Giants. Quite a 4th inning.

[El Supremo]

19. We're coming back.

[font size="10" color="purple"]PURPLE POWER![/font]

[Auggie]

20. 12.91

Lincecum's ERA.

This is one crazy night.

[madinmaryland]

18. I guess his fastball was really "smokin" tonight!

[Jack Rabbit]

16. I guess we can safely assume that Mr. Posey had chicken pox as a child.

!!

[hughee99]

21. Ug, this guy can't catch a break.

If I remember, one of the things they used to treat shingles was corticosteroids, but I don't think that's used much anymore.

[wilt the stilt]

22. I had shingles and I was really sick

If he can play tomorrow then his is not bad. First you take an anti viral treatment. I must have lost 15 lbs. It only is on 1/2 of your body.His is down lower which is not too bad. Mine was in my ear and on my face. I spoke to a women and she lost sight in one of her eyes when she had it.
My face was numb for 2 years. After I got well I had to take steroids for 6 weeks to heal. I also put an anti arthritis pain reliever on my face.

Like I said if he can play then his is not too bad.

[joeybee12]

23. That's usually an old person's ailment...

Wonder how he got it...his immune system could be suspect.

[Auggie]

24. A weakened immune system caused by stress, injury, certain medicines and ...

"other reasons" according to WebMD.

You've had to have had chicken pox some time in your life for the varicella zoster virus to become active and manifest as shingles.

You can't catch shingles from someone else who has shingles. But there is a small chance that a person with a shingles rash can spread the virus to another person who hasn't had chickenpox and who hasn't gotten the chickenpox vaccine.

Hard to believe it's fashion for many parents to forego getting their children immunized against many diseases, including this one.

[wilt the stilt]

25. They really have no idea

I was probably 45 and pretty darn healthy. It kicked the s**t out of me.