Miguel Olivo Probably Had A Worse Monday Than You

Oh, you think you had a “Case of the Mondays” this week, do you? Just couldn’t pull yourself away from your weekend to get back to work. Must’ve been tough. Did you pass a kidney stone while you were at work? No? Well, Rockies catcher Miguel Olivo did.↵↵⇥The amazing part is what he did a few minutes later. He strapped on his catching gear and returned to his croutch behind home plate.↵⇥↵⇥“Believe me, it’s not fun,” said Olivo. “Sometimes, when I’ve got that thing, I just want to die. But I can handle pain a little bit. Once it’s gone, I’m normal, I’m good. Let’s play baseball.”↵⇥

↵⇥↵⇥Olivo has learned to live with the condition ever since he began experiencing kidney stones in 2003 while playing for the White Sox. But passing a stone during a game and acting as if he walked into the clubhouse to get a new catcher’s mitt?↵⇥

↵⇥↵⇥“Come on,” said Olivo. “After I passed it, I don’t even feel it anymore. I don’t feel anything. It’s like crazy.”↵⇥

↵↵Yes, Miguel, it is “like crazy.” I’d be crying and on the ground in the fetal position.↵↵(H/T to Big League Stew)↵

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