UPDATE: One doc defends another. Questions are being raised once again about the competence of the medical team employed by the Boston Red Sox. We don't have to recount the myriad of alleged screw-ups over the last few years. And now, Bobby Jenks says he had to undergo a second December 30th corrective surgery on his back, because a December 12th operation done at Mass. General by a Red Sox sanctioned physician was not done properly. Jenks strongly implied that due to an infection that developed from the initial surgery, and the delicate nature of surgery near the spine, his life was actually in danger. Here's how Jenks describes the issues that developed:"I don't know whose fault it was, but there was an error done inside. The third one (of four bone spurs in his back) was started and not finished. So basically, there was like an edge, and it sliced me open in two different spots, and I was leaking spinal fluid and it just pulled up the bottom of my incision and kind of blew up on me, which caused an infection."
Are you kidding me? The team says it's "looking into" the circumstances of the initial surgery. This is a serious charge—and has lawsuit written all over it.