"Flu Like Symptoms"

[KilgoreTrout]

JD Drew was a late scratch from last night's game due to "flu-like symptoms." Is this code for "hangover?"

[Colt McCoy]

It's code for JD Drew is a fragile little baby who will never fulfill his potential.

[Jack of Arcades]

If only he played for Bobby Cox his whole career.

[Scary_Tiger]

I've heard a lot of different things for "flu-like symptoms" over the year. The most prevalent ones are puking or diarrhhea. Remy speculated that Drew likely was sent home and wasn't in uniform last night.

[BobOjedaFan]

Flu Like Symptons is code for sick. People get sick, for whatever reason when ballplayers get sick they always say the flu. They never tell us its strept throat, bronchitis, a bad cold or whatever else. I have no idea why they do this.

[NhlNut]

In the NHL it means sprained or broken hand/wrist.

[MuresanForMVP]

[ QUOTE ]
Flu Like Symptons is code for sick. People get sick, for whatever reason when ballplayers get sick they always say the flu. They never tell us its strept throat, bronchitis, a bad cold or whatever else. I have no idea why they do this.

[/ QUOTE ]

haha Ive heard it's because they were too hungover to play

[NT!]

sometimes it probably is a hangover. in JD's case, i think he had a temperature of 0 for 22