ANOTHER PRO
ATHELETE FINDS HIS LIFE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN FROM LASIK!!
"An
elective and irreversible eye reshaping dry eye inducing procedure that wasn't
even needed in the first place!"
Reference:
"LASIK Vision Problems Send Pro Baseball Player
Casper Wells to DL"
-LASIK
Disability List-)
Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer
POSTED: Monday, August 26, 2013, 11:01 AM
NEW YORK - History will reflect this
was not the greatest of weeks for a man named Casper Wells. There could be an
explanation, albeit a frightening one.
Wells was placed on the disabled
list Monday morning with what the Phillies described as "vision
problems" just two days after he was the losing pitcher and struck out
four times in an 18-inning defeat. Interim manager Ryne Sandberg said Wells has
played with blurred eyesight.
The Phillies sent Wells to an eye
specialist in Philadelphia.
The 28-year-old outfielder had LASIK
surgery last November but issues lingered. Sandberg said Wells tried contacts
and the prescription goggles. Nothing helped.
"He's also experienced some dry
eye in the outfield," Sandberg said. "They dry up when he tries
to blink. He tries to blink to gain focus. He's really battling something. It
finally got to the point where he didn't feel right about that. He mentioned
production and betterment of the team and himself to see if he can get that
fixed.
"That is scary. He said
oftentimes it was a blurred ball coming in. He didn't know if he was going to
blink just right to make it clear." Wells is 1 for 23 with eight
strikeouts and two walks since being acquired by the Phillies on Aug. 8. This
is his fifth team of 2013 and the first trip to the disabled list in his
career.
Infielder Pete Orr was selected from
triple-A Lehigh Valley to replace Wells. Orr, 34, has yet to play in the majors
this season. He was hitting .258/.300/.385 with the IronPigs. He will be the
49th different Phillies player in 2013, which ties last year's number with 32
games to play.
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