DODGERS NOTEBOOK : BUTLER: `I'M NOT GIVING UP ON THIS THING'.Brett Butler wants to take a wait-and-see attitude toward a return to the Dodgers this season. Wednesday, during an interview with KNBC KNBC Kings Norton Bowling Club (Channel 4), Butler said: ``Is there a chance that I could play this year? Talking to all the doctors and everything, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if there is a chance that I can come back. If it is, it would probably be late in the season. Then again, we're not going to close any door right now.'' The 38-year-old outfielder said he is ``overwhelmed'' by the response from friends and fans. ``I'm not giving up on this thing,'' he said. ``We're going to beat this thing. One of these days I'm going to be back out there tipping my hat and hopefully everything will be all right.'' Butler's voice was raspy rasp·y adj. rasp·i·er, rasp·i·est Rough; grating. Adj. 1. raspy - unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice" grating, rasping, gravelly, scratchy, rough during the interview. ``My throat is sore from them taking out a plum-sized tonsil tonsil Small mass of lymphoid tissue in the wall of the pharynx. The term usually refers to the palatine tonsils on each side of the oropharynx. They are thought to produce antibodies to help prevent respiratory and digestive tract infection but often become infected , which in fact it should have been the size of probably an acorn, and that's why my speech right now, it's the worst pain you can have in your throat,'' he said. ``It's going to be this way for about 10 days and then hopefully, things will settle down a little bit.'' He said those who suspect he got the cancer from smokeless tobacco smokeless tobacco, n chewing tobacco (leaves) or tobacco powder (snuff) that allows the nicotine to be absorbed through the mucous membrane of the oral cavity or digestive tract. It is related to a high risk of oral cancer. is ``reaching for something that isn't there . . . the last time I dipped was 15 years ago.'' |
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