He hit his head, and was (presumably) showing signs and symptoms consistent with a concussion—and there’s some overlap with ear infection there. Pretty understandable in this case.

But, after having several inner ear/sinus infections in the same small population …

This points out the health hazard that the Coli-seum has become and the urgent need to move to a new state of the art facility in Fremont.

An inner ear infection will affect you as long as it persists, and Larry Davis’ leeches are past their expiration date so the infection will take longer to subside. Plus, if your dizziness causes you to crash into a wall, leading to a concussion that you inexplicably play through…You’re probably better off diving into a shallow pool.

that it’s tactical and Smith has been complaining of a tired arm lately and he’s trying to give him more rest:

Sean Gallagher will go against the Blue Jays in the opener of the series and Greg Smith will move back to Tuesday night. That splits up the three lefties (Meyer or Gonzalez, Braden and Smith) and gives Smith, who is heading toward a career high in innings pitched, an extra day of rest.

Yes. I had a serious case of vertigo last August & September that was apparently triggered by an inner ear virus, which I passed to my mom. It hit her much harder due to her age and a couple of other health issues, and we’re both 99.9% over it now, but even I occasionally still have these sort of flare-ups of just feeling like my equilibrium is “not right,” or of spinning while I’m lying down. We’ve seen a couple of ear specialists that have told us that it’s typical to keep feeling like that occasionally, “for quite a while” (maybe even permanently).

Don’t underestimate the power of the ear... ;)

It’s called we suck permanently, or at least until a few years after Al Davis dies

Daric Barton started hitting like Dan Johnson. Literally – suddenly Barton’s stance and quasi-autistic rocking back and forth … and batting average … are conjuring up memories of Dan Johnson.