MLB player tests positive for swine flu

Yeah, swine flu is still around.

Texas Rangers starting pitcher (or "staring pitcher" as the typo in the caption to his photograph says) Vicente Padilla has contracted the H1N1 flu, though his symptoms are subsiding.

Several Rangers players have been hit with the flu this week, including Eddie Guardado, Omar Vizquel and David Murphy. Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia was scratched from Friday night's game against Kansas City due to the flu.
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"Without speculating, I think it is reasonable to expect that we may find some of our other guys have it," Levine said. "We've been medicating our players. We would use the same medication and the same kind program to rehabilitate them and they've all shown improvement. Those are the positive signs."

The Rangers played the Kansas City Royals... let's see if any Royals come down with the swine flu.