Diabetes won't hold back Cubs' outfield prospect

[CubsGM]

Props to Bruce for a great article. :thumbsup:

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=146449

PEORIA, Ariz. -- At 8 in the morning, Sam Fuld scarfs down a blueberry muffin, heads for his locker and unzips a small black case.

 

Cell phone? BlackBerry?

 

Nope. Glucometer.

 

Five or six times a day, the Cubs' center fielder opens that case, pricks a finger (without wincing) and checks his blood sugar.

 

Yes, Fuld is a diabetic. He has Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes.

 

But no, he doesn't let it get him down.

[TruffleShuffle]

hey if he is trying to be a successful major leaguer with juvenile diabetes, he's in a great organization for it. don't have to look far for inspiration or advice.

[Bruce Miles]

Thanks for the link. He's really a nice kid.

[rocket]

that ups his grit factor by about 300 points

[CuseCubFan69]

I wonder how long it'll be before Clemens claims to be a diabetic.

[Bruce Miles]

that ups his grit factor by about 300 points

 

Well, he got Ronnie's endorsement, and Santo is about as old-school as it gets. I thought of you guys when Ronnie said that. 8-)

[seanimal]

yet another reason to hate Sam Fuld

[Garage Party]

yet another reason to hate Sam Fuld

Yeah, for retards.

[Roast]

yet another reason to hate Sam Fuld

 

Uhm, what?

[Garage Party]

Because, he, like Santo, is diabetic, and anything that has to do with popular aspects of the Chicago Cubs is automatically bad.

[seanimal]

yet another reason to hate Sam Fuld

Yeah, for retards.

 

that's ironic

[Derwood]

don't mind earth2sean. he's trying REALLY hard to be IMB! recently

[seanimal]

it was an obvious joke. you'd literally have to be that word that he called me to think i was being serious and fly off the handle like that. but don't mind derwood, he posts constantly and never knows what he's talking about.

[Derwood]

it was an obvious joke. you'd literally have to be that word that he called me to think i was being serious and fly off the handle like that. but don't mind derwood, he posts constantly and never knows what he's talking about.

 

i knew what you were doing

[seanimal]

it was an obvious joke. you'd literally have to be that word that he called me to think i was being serious and fly off the handle like that. but don't mind derwood, he posts constantly and never knows what he's talking about.

 

i knew what you were doing

 

and that apparently was aping imb? I hadn't realized he had cornered the market on having a sense of humor.

[Derwood]

it was an obvious joke. you'd literally have to be that word that he called me to think i was being serious and fly off the handle like that. but don't mind derwood, he posts constantly and never knows what he's talking about.

 

i knew what you were doing

 

and that apparently was aping imb? I hadn't realized he had cornered the market on having a sense of humor.

 

i was only half serious. IMB is certainly known for making that kind of joke though (especially based on the fact that other people didn't get it and thought you were serious)

[seanimal]

it was an obvious joke. you'd literally have to be that word that he called me to think i was being serious and fly off the handle like that. but don't mind derwood, he posts constantly and never knows what he's talking about.

 

i knew what you were doing

 

and that apparently was aping imb? I hadn't realized he had cornered the market on having a sense of humor.

 

i was only half serious. IMB is certainly known for making that kind of joke though (especially based on the fact that other people didn't get it and thought you were serious)

 

the only thing i hate more than white baseball players with diabetes is internet message board posters who are half-serious. ESPECIALLY ones named Derwood.

[Derwood]

it was an obvious joke. you'd literally have to be that word that he called me to think i was being serious and fly off the handle like that. but don't mind derwood, he posts constantly and never knows what he's talking about.

 

i knew what you were doing

 

and that apparently was aping imb? I hadn't realized he had cornered the market on having a sense of humor.

 

i was only half serious. IMB is certainly known for making that kind of joke though (especially based on the fact that other people didn't get it and thought you were serious)

 

the only thing i hate more than white baseball players with diabetes is internet message board posters who are half-serious. ESPECIALLY ones named Derwood.

 

who's Derwood?

[seanimal]

it was an obvious joke. you'd literally have to be that word that he called me to think i was being serious and fly off the handle like that. but don't mind derwood, he posts constantly and never knows what he's talking about.

 

i knew what you were doing

 

and that apparently was aping imb? I hadn't realized he had cornered the market on having a sense of humor.

 

i was only half serious. IMB is certainly known for making that kind of joke though (especially based on the fact that other people didn't get it and thought you were serious)

 

the only thing i hate more than white baseball players with diabetes is internet message board posters who are half-serious. ESPECIALLY ones named Derwood.

 

who's Derwood?

 

it's spanish for 'zip city'