{"id":6809,"date":"2010-04-22T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=6809"},"modified":"2010-04-22T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T16:05:00","slug":"so-what-if-my-arm-falls-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/04\/22\/so-what-if-my-arm-falls-off\/","title":{"rendered":"So what if my arm falls off?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We might win the state championship! Sigh. Win, win, win&#8230; but at what cost?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.godanriver.com\/gdr\/sports\/high_school\/article\/tunstall_closer_turner_delaying_surgery_in_effort_to_contribute_his_senior_\/20364\/\" >Tunstall closer Turner delaying surgery in effort to contribute his senior season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What the hell? If you throw 20 pitches and your arm is hurting, something&#8217;s wrong! <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe\u2019s been fully released by his doctor,\u201d Tunstall coach Barry Shelton said. \u201cWe have the written form that says he\u2019s able to play. He just has to suck it up&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you&#8217;re need ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction, I don&#8217;t give a damn what form a doctor has signed. Even though the school and coach are probably legally off the hook since they&#8217;ve got the doctor&#8217;s permission, it sets a horrible example to let a teenager run the risk of more damage just for the possibility of playing a game. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not a doctor nor do I play one on TV, but I&#8217;m appalled at this story. I woud hate to think that I&#8217;m the only one that wants to look out for this kid&#8217;s future.<\/p>\n<p>Aside: In a purely technical point, a headshot photo of somebody wearing sunglasses is horrible. A person&#8217;s eyes are key to making this type of photo work. Sheesh.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We might win the state championship! Sigh. Win, win, win&#8230; but at what cost?<\/p>\n<p> [&#8230;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20,22,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newscentral","category-opinioncentral","category-sportscentral","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pwqFk-1LP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11773,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/01\/14\/leonardwatch-the-tunstall-boycott\/","url_meta":{"origin":6809,"position":0},"title":"LeonardWatch: The Tunstall Boycott","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"January 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Watch out, Tunstall Fire Department. If you don't tell Leonard Harville exactly what he wants when he wants it, he's going to stomp his feet and POOF! you. Seriously. This is a long one and it's painful to read... but it's worth it. Um. Yeah. Let's try to go over\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LeonardWatch&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LeonardWatch","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/leonardwatch\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/TgypCKS.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14357,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/02\/endorsements-pittsylvania-county-elections\/","url_meta":{"origin":6809,"position":1},"title":"Endorsements: Pittsylvania County Elections","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"November 2, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a long Endorsement Week but we're finishing up all of our political endorsements in this article. Let's work on Pittsylvania County's Board of Supervisors' elections. We've got two unopposed races. Bob Warren in the Chatham-Blairs District and Jessie Barksdale in the Banister District. Both of these candidates will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Endorsements&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Endorsements","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/politicscentral\/endorsements\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":14536,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/26\/danville-veterans-day-parade-part-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":6809,"position":2},"title":"Danville Veterans Day Parade \u2013 Part #7","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"November 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Danville had a great Veterans Day parade this year. Here's the seventh article in our PhotoCentral series on the event. Let's keep moving! Here's the links to what we've already published: Part #1 - Part #2 - Part #3 - Part #4 - Part #5 - Part #6 We'll keep\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/C8BhO0u.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/C8BhO0u.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/C8BhO0u.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/C8BhO0u.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5136,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/29\/high-school-football-results-for-828\/","url_meta":{"origin":6809,"position":3},"title":"High School Football results for 8\/28","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Did your favorite team come out on the winning side? Here are some final scores from tonight's action. Halifax County 7, Petersburg 38 Hillside (NC) 20, GW 34 Dan River 35, Tunstall 21","rel":"","context":"In &quot;SportsCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"SportsCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/sportscentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14362,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/03\/electioncentral-11315-live\/","url_meta":{"origin":6809,"position":4},"title":"ElectionCentral (11\/3\/15) &#8211; LIVE!","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"November 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SouthsideCentral had the best election coverage in the region last night and we're glad that you came to the website to see what was happening. This article is now complete, so enjoy the recap. We're on all of our social media platforms tonight. Here's a list of them... Facebook: Be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;NewsCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"NewsCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/newscentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13168,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/01\/pittsylvania-county-elections-update-1-part-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":6809,"position":5},"title":"Pittsylvania County Elections &#8211; Update #1 &#8211; (Part #1)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"July 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's July 1st, so it's time to take our first look at the upcoming November 3rd elections. We'll start with Pittsylvania County's slate. Let's start with the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors. All seven districts are up for election this time. The Dan River, Callands-Gretna and Banister seats will only\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;OpinionCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"OpinionCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/opinioncentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}