BUTLER RETURNS IN GOOD SPIRITS.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News LAKE ELSINORE -- JetHawks manager Brett Butler Brett Butler can refer to different people:
Butler, who has a history of health problems, was initially feared to have suffered a heart attack. He was treated for an infection he said doctors were unable to pinpoint. He complained of indigestion indigestion or dyspepsia, discomfort during or after eating caused by some interference with the normal digestive process. Symptoms include nausea, heartburn, abdominal pain, gas distress, and a feeling of abdominal distention. before an April 24 game at High Desert and feared the worst about 30-40 minutes into the bus ride home when his symptoms worsened. ``I started having hot flashes hot flashes Hot flush Gynecology A symptom afflicting 80-85% of middle-aged ♀, first occurring during the perimenopause, continuing with ↓ intensity for yrs, manifesting itself as transient waves of erythema and uncomfortable warmth beginning in the and sweating and clammy clam·my adj. clam·mi·er, clam·mi·est 1. Disagreeably moist, sticky, and cold to the touch: a clammy handshake. 2. Damp and unpleasant: clammy weather. ,'' Butler said. ``I thought something was up.'' He was released April 27 and rejoined the team May 1. He said it was difficult being away from the team despite daily contact with hitting coach Damon Mashore, who served as interim manager, and A.J. Hinch, the Arizona Diamondbacks' farm director, who came to Lancaster the day after Butler was hospitalized and spent most of the week in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . ``I talk to them before the games and after the games, so it was hard being away,'' Butler said. Butler said several players visited him while he was hospitalized. JetHawks reliever Dan Pohlman provided a light moment during a visit when, alluding to the team's early-season woes, he told Butler: ``Skip, I think you just had an allergic reaction allergic reaction n. A local or generalized reaction of an organism to internal or external contact with a specific allergen to which the organism has been previously sensitized. to bad baseball.'' Said Butler: ``There was a lot of caring and a lot of prayers and I felt it.'' Improvement: Butler said the inexperienced but prospect-rich JetHawks have shown signs of improvement in their play. Lancaster (10-21) won three of four games to start the month but remains in the California League's Southern Division cellar after being swept in a three-game weekend series at Lake Elsinore. ``We're struggling, and we've still got the worst record in the (California) League, but the guys are coming around,'' Butler said. Chico honored: JetHawks staff ace Matt Chico Matthew Bryan "Matt" Chico (born June 10, 1983 in Fullerton, California) is a left-handed starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. A graduate of Fallbrook Union High School, Chico attended Palomar College and was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks was the Diamondbacks' minor-league organizational Pitcher of the Month The Pitcher of the Month award is a Major League Baseball award named by each league for each month of the regular season. The National League started recognizing the award in 1975. The American League followed in 1979. for April, when he was 2-1 with a 1.53 ERA. The left-handed Chico has struggled in May, going 1-1 with an 11.25 ERA. He lasted just three innings in his worst outing, Sunday's 13-5 loss to Lake Elsinore, when he allowed five runs on seven hits. Hot hitter: JetHawks outfielder Chris Rahl is the league's hottest hitter. He is batting .441 in his past 13 games, boostinh his average from .303 to a league-leading .368. gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) BUTLER |
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