Sounds like it's a common and usually successful procedure, so I hope Tito is good to go once he returns.

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The Indians would have to go 35-5 at Progressive Field the rest of the season to match their home record from last year.

Yes, but what the talking heads don't mention is the Indians would have to go 15-23 away to match their road record from last year.

41 -39 last year, 2 games over .500.

26-16 this year, 10 games over.

Like I said, I have no answers. This team is just upside down.

Last night Andre Knott reported he had talked to Frankie and he said they were pressing too much at home. So they are trying to lighten up and have fun, do things they have done in past to have fun.

Worked last night. We can hope.

Danny Salazar's rehab line from Triple-A: 3.1 ip, 3h, 3HRs, 2b, 4ks, 60 pitches, 30 strikes. Homers were all solos.

Not what we are looking for!

And as I posted in Minor folder, reports from Columbus last night say his velocity was topping out at 92. He usually hits 97 regularly. Not good.

Kluber starts Sunday and will not be able to pitch in all star game. A replacement is being named. I wonder if he still gets ggo and hang out?

Carlos Santana scheduled to return from paternity list on Saturday to face the Tigers and Verlander.

José Ramirez is the first Indians player, ever, to have two streaks of seven consecutive games with an extra base hit in the same season.

Hillbilly wrote:Kluber starts Sunday and will not be able to pitch in all star game. A replacement is being named. I wonder if he still gets ggo and hang out?

Paul Hoynes said Kluber will still make the trip, but he won't pitch.

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News keeps getting better for Terry Francona: Discharged from Clev. Clinic on Friday night, resting at his apartment in downtown Cleveland.

My Dr. friend reported:

"Like I expected. He has paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. This means his heart now bumps along irregularly. There is no high gear because the heart does not fill in synchrony. Much like a poorly tuned car. The car can go 30 miles an hour but not 50. The normal pacer in the heart is being overridden by another electrical pulse which is going faster. This electrical pulse is usually in the pulmonary vein and right atrium. They are able to fry this area with cautery so no more electrical pulse can leave this area. Hopefully his normal pacer in SA node will take over and he goes back into normal rhythm. This procedure is now first line for atrial fibrillation."

Now you're ready for your medical boards.

I often see ads for meds that treat a-fib, too. I guess a pacemaker could also be helpful?

Whereas catheter ablation which is usually radio frequency but can be cry or other forms is first line for rhythms such as AVNRT or AVRT for afib it still is not. The long term success which usually suggests 2 attempts is about 70-80 %. For patients with a ChadsVASC score of 2 or greater anticoagulation is indicated such as Warfarin or more recently such drugs as the NOACs like apixaban.

Pacemakers for fib are indicated if the patient has concomitant sinus node dysfunction.

Carlos Santana is back today!