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Article: It's viral pneumonia for Phillies' Bedrosian
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 13, 1988
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The Philadelphia Phillies got good news and bad news Saturday on
the health of relief ace Steve Bedrosian.
First, the good news: Bedrosian doesn't have a strained muscle
between the eighth and ninth ribs.
Now, the bad news:
Team physician Dr. Phillip Marone said Bedrosian has viral
pneumonia.
Bedrosian, the 1987 Cy Young Award winner as the NL's best
pitcher, was taken to the hospital Monday. After X-rays and tests,
Marone said the pitcher had a strained intercostal muscle.
But Saturday in Clearwater, Fla., Marone had an update on
Bedrosian's condition.
"He hasn't got a muscle strain," the doctor said. "Bedrosian has
pneumonia in the left, lower lobe. It's pleurisy."
Marone ...