February 8, 2013
Last year Ike Davis was reported to have valley fever, a fungal infection that sapped his strength and led to him having a horrific start to the season. Of course he downplayed it all. His quote from last March:
“It’s been the same,” said Davis. “Seriously. I feel great. And I don’t have any symptoms of it. I’m not coughing. I’m not throwing up blood. I’m not doing anything. It’s not even hard to breathe. The doctor said I could play, and just don’t get really, really fatigued. So that’s what we’re doing. And if I get really tired, I kind of just step to the side and take a break … I don’t think I have an extreme case.”
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