http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/13/former-prospect-figueroa-passes-away-from-lupus/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 26 May 2013 06:24:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/13/former-prospect-figueroa-passes-away-from-lupus/comment-page-1/#comment-12415 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:08:20 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2117#comment-12415 I saw this really great post today, found it on google. i think i may return some time.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/13/former-prospect-figueroa-passes-away-from-lupus/comment-page-1/#comment-12414 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:24:21 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2117#comment-12414 This is an insidious disease in its initial stages, but I’m surprised it took him at such a tragically young age. It’s entirely probable that his shoulder problems and “conditioning” problems were early functions of the illness before it was properly diagnosed. The great southern American author Flannery O’Connor succumbed to the same disease, but she suffered from it for many years and fought it off well into middle age.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/11/13/former-prospect-figueroa-passes-away-from-lupus/comment-page-1/#comment-12413 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:48:11 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=2117#comment-12413 My Prayers Go Out To His Family

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