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Yankees' J.A. Happ diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease
7:40 AM ET
Coley HarveyESPN Staff Writer
NEW YORK -- One of the New York Yankees' newest additions, left-handed pitcher J.A. Happ, was sent to a local hospital Tuesday afternoon and was diagnosed with a "mild" case of hand, foot and mouth disease, according to general manager Brian Cashman.
It's unclear how Happ contracted the viral disease that normally affects children younger than 5 years old. The only theory the Yankees have is that he might have received it while flying commercial across the country to make it to New York in recent days after being traded from Toronto on Thursday.
"No one's really going to have an answer to it, other than just guessing," Cashman said...
Yankees' J.A. Happ diagnosed with hand, foot and mouth disease
7:40 AM ET
Coley HarveyESPN Staff Writer
NEW YORK -- One of the New York Yankees' newest additions, left-handed pitcher J.A. Happ, was sent to a local hospital Tuesday afternoon and was diagnosed with a "mild" case of hand, foot and mouth disease, according to general manager Brian Cashman.
It's unclear how Happ contracted the viral disease that normally affects children younger than 5 years old. The only theory the Yankees have is that he might have received it while flying commercial across the country to make it to New York in recent days after being traded from Toronto on Thursday.
"No one's really going to have an answer to it, other than just guessing," Cashman said...