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Huge health issues to watch closely

By Jayson Stark
ESPN.com

Thursday, April 9, 2009

It isn't always the best team that wins the World Series. It's the healthiest. We think it was Branch Rickey who said that. But possibly Dr. Jonas Salk. Or maybe even our grandmother. But whatever, we know it's true. So with that in mind, here are five huge health stories we'd advise you to watch verrrrry closely in April: Mauer Joe Mauer The prognosis: As we wrote last month, this is one of the most baffling baseball "injuries" in a long time. It isn't as if Mauer hurt his back this ...

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