Will Carroll

Will Carroll
Will Carroll is a sportswriter specializing in the coverage of medical issues, including injuries and performance-enhancing drugs. Carroll's "Under the Knife" column appeared on Baseball Prospectus for eight years during his stint there as a senior writer, and he also contributed to the site's radio efforts as well as the Puck Prospectus spin-off site. He is the author of two books on sports-related medical topics. Carroll has no formal medical training...
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Before I fired my weapon, Eddie McMellon, who (was) slightly closer than I was, started backing out and saying, 'What are you doing? What are you doing?' I just thought he pulled and drew a weapon on my partner -- I fired my weapon,
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His back just tightened up on him, locked up on him. He's got real serious back spasms that are going to keep him out for a little bit.
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His genius has been promotion and scheduling. Some of the pieces were in place, but if you don't exploit those pieces and don't schedule them correctly, you could have the best show on television and no one knows and no one sees.
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Chimps are portrayed as the super-ape and gorillas are the big brutes in the forest.
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But if you look at the difference between the past couple years and this year, we've kind of gone off the charts in all numbers.
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But it didn't bother me. I was just trying to play my game. There wasn't long to go.
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But I dont want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.'Oh, you cant help that,' said the Cat. 'Were all mad here. Im mad. Youre mad.''How do you know Im mad?' said Alice.'You must be, said the Cat. 'or you wouldnt have come here.'
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But instead of a tree, we got a bush where many branches sprout close together.
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It's real simple. The series before they had great success moving down the field. If they get the ball, I don't know what yard line it was, but it's the 40 or so, whether they get it there ... or kick it 20 yards farther, it's not going to make a big difference.
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Anytime we're able to get people back from injury is good. David has gotten better these three back-to-back days. We had some specifics we wanted to work on. I thought we got better in some coverage areas and I think we made some ground with some of our perimeter players." ()
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That's another question, too: Was it secured properly, or were they in the process of doing that and that also contributed to why it collapsed the way it did?
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That's an extraordinary football player. He's not only big, he's fast. He probably made us miss a dozen tackles.
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That's a red herring. They just don't want us in the market.
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That's critical if you're going to handle it. You have to be at home with the environment that we've created, feel comfortable and aware of what's happening. Otherwise, we won't be able to hold onto this.