<![CDATA[Deadspin: jeff bagwell]]> http://tags.deadspin.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Deadspin: jeff bagwell]]> http://deadspin.com/tag/jeffbagwell http://deadspin.com/tag/jeffbagwell <![CDATA[Funny How All The Corn Is Brown And Dying]]> If it's October or November, in part of the country that isn't infested with commie pinko postgraduate hippie folk — that is to say, the middle part — the season means one thing: Corn mazes!

Last year at his time, we had fun with Reggie Miller's corn maze, which allowed you the unique opportunity to lose yourself in Miller's baggy shorts. Now it's time for another retiring star, Jeff Bagwell, to be honored with his own corn maze in Brookshire, Tex. You have to be careful not to touch the sides when you're near his knee, or the whole place will collapse.

Sorry. We love corn mazes.

Jeff Bagwell Corn Maze [Dewberry Farm]
The Great Reggie Miller Corn Maze [Deadspin]

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<![CDATA[Is Baseball's Top Shoulder Doc OK?]]> drjamesandrews.jpgBuried in a Houston Chronicle story about Jeff Bagwell's rehab of his right shoulder was this disturbing tidbit:

Renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews was expected to check the progress of Bagwell's right shoulder's mobility in Birmingham, Ala.

"Dr. Andrews suffered a heart attack over the weekend, so we don't know where his situation stands," [Astros general manager Tim] Purpura said.

Bagwell, who had surgery in June and returned in September, continues to work out and undergo extensive physical therapy in Houston in hopes of playing this year.

"I don't know what's going on," Bagwell said of the visit with Andrews.

Dr. James Andrews, of course, is the guy who mastered Dr. Frank Jobe's Tommy John surgery and is the foremost shoulder and knee guy; he's the reason John Smoltz, Kerry Wood, you name it, are still pitching today. Surely his heart attack is more worthy than a notebook tidbit in an offseason Houston Chronicle story. Come to think of it ... that story is the only place we've seen any mention of this. We hope Purpura just has his facts wrong, because a heart attack for one of the most influential doctors in sports would deserve, we think, a little more than, "Hey, what about my shoulder surgery?"

Bagwell Update [Houston Chronicle] (third item)

(Update: Sources confirm that Dr. Andrews did have a heart attack and is currently in intensive care. He is stable, however, and recovering. We wish him well.)

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