JETHAWKS PLAYERS AND STAFF READY FOR BUTLER'S RETURN MASHORE GAINS EXPERIENCE WHILE MANAGER IS SIDELINED.Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News JetHawks hitting coach Damon Mashore hopes to one day manage a professional baseball team. Taking charge last week, after manager Brett Butler's sudden illness, was not what he had in mind. Butler, who was hospitalized with a viral infection viral infection, n an infection by a pathogenic virus. A virus acts on the cell nucleus, taking over the genetic material within the nucleus and replicating itself. , was expected to rejoin the team Monday. ``It's a good experience, but not a good way to get it,'' Mashore said. Mashore said he has spoken on the phone daily with Butler and received managerial instruction from him and from Arizona Diamondbacks This article is about the baseball team. For other uses, see Diamondback. The Arizona Diamondbacks (also referred to as the D-backs) are a Major League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of the National League. front-office personnel, including farm director A.J. Hinch, who was in Lancaster last week. Mashore said most of the phone conversations have centered around the well-being of the slumping JetHawks - Lancaster concluded a dreadful April with a California League-worst 7-17 record - than his own health. Butler was hospitalized Monday night after experiencing severe 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. on the JetHawks' bus ride home from Adelanto, where they concluded a four-game series against the High Desert Mavericks The High Desert Mavericks are a minor league baseball team in Adelanto, California, USA. Their Major League parent club is the Seattle Mariners. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League, and had been a farm team of the Kansas City Royals since 2005 before the switch. . Butler spent three days at 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 Hospital, where doctors diagnosed symptoms originally feared to caused by a heart attack to be the result of an unspecified viral infection. Because Butler's medical history includes two bouts with cancer, doctors kept the 48-year-old JetHawks manager in the hospital for observation and testing. Mashore did not know the extent to which Butler could resume his full workload upon returning Monday, but Butler has told him he feels fine. ``(Butler) is a type-A personality, and that's a positive,'' Mashore said. For his part, Mashore is glad to be handing the reigns back to Butler. ``It's been a learning experience,'' Mashore said. ``I've made some good moves, and I've made some bad moves.'' Mashore said the JetHawks responded well to the admittedly difficult circumstances. Lancaster went 3-3 under Mashore. ``I think it gave them a wake-up call,'' Mashore said. ``When you put on a uniform, it's a special thing, and this reminds you that at any time stuff can be taken away from you.'' JetHawks reliever Jared Doyle said Butler's well being has been on everyone's minds the past week. He acknowledged it was hard seeing Butler when he visited the team last week - Butler, he said, looked like he'd lost 10 pounds. Butler survived throat cancer late in his playing career, in 1996, and has since recovered from prostate cancer prostate cancer, cancer originating in the prostate gland. Prostate cancer is the leading malignancy in men in the United States and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in men. , with which he was diagnosed three years ago. ``He's already gone through a lot,'' Doyle said. ``This is just another battle for him.'' gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3607 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Lancaster JetHawks The Lancaster JetHawks are a minor league baseball team in Lancaster, California, USA. They are a Class-A Advanced team in the California League, and are a farm team of the Boston Red Sox. manager Brett Butler Brett Butler can refer to different people:
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