http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/columnists.nsf/jeffgordon/story/254820590ABB5A26862571710058A538?OpenDocument So if Pujols sneezed and threw his back out, you think he'd still play? In traction probably, right? That's pretty silly. I agree, sneezing is a comical way to hurt oneself, but it's not as if Sosa was the only one to ever hurt his back that way. The thing about backs is they can get hurt doing almost nothing. Sometimes they just seize up, and it's next to impossible to play through that. ANd before people bag on Sammy for being injured his last couple of seasons, they should remember he routinely played 162 games throughout his career, and he was quite durable until he got old.