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Al Nipper of the Boston Red Sox was lucky the injury he suffered against Texas this past weekend didn't end his career, the team physician said.
"One-half inch to the side or one-half inch down and it would have cut into a major ligament and that could have been it," Dr. Arthur Pappas said.
Nipper was under sedation and "in good spirits" Monday, said Pappas, who has performed a 75-minute operation on the pitcher's right leg at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester.
The muscle along Nipper's kneecap was injured Sunday in a collision with Texas' Larry Parrish at home plate that sent a spike into the muscle.
"What happened to him was like being operated on at home plate with a spike, and home plate isn't an operating room," Pappas said.
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