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Lance Berkman’s knee surgery is postponed a day

Lance Berkman, Mike Matheny

St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Lance Berkman, center, is helped off the field by a trainer and manager Mike Matheny, right, after sustaining an injury while forcing out Los Angeles Dodgers’ Justin Sellers at first base to end the second inning of a baseball game on Saturday, May 19, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

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This is not really significant, but the reasoning is fun:

Lance Berkman’s right knee surgery, scheduled for this morning, is postponed until the 25th due to a conflict in the surgeon’s schedule.

— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) May 24, 2012


Conflicts happen, I guess. I find it interesting though because anyone who has had to deal with anything beyond routine medical stuff has had to deal with delays and scheduling out weeks in advance. Ballplayers, though, get MRIs and all manner of complicated medical year in some hyper-expedited way, that it seems downright odd when they have to wait a day.

Ballplayers! They’re just like us!