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  • (OT) Daulton-- luck or a pattern?

    After Darren Daulton died of brain cancer on Sunday, fans were reminded once again that the same malady had struck former Phillies Tug McGraw, John Vukovich, and Johnny Oates.

    All four played for the team during the Veterans Stadium era. Coincidence?

    In 2013, when Daulton first announced his illness, the Inquirer analyzed the numbers for all 533 men who played for the Phillies between 1971 and 2003. The result: the rate of brain cancers in that group was roughly triple the rate of the deadly disease for the overall adult male population.

    http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/...-20170807.html

  • #2
    WOW! Is it the Vet? Is is chewing tobacco? Playing in Philly? Combo of all?

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    • #3
      I've never heard of a building giving anyone brain cancer.
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      • #4
        My high school graduating class had about 125 students. 2 died of brain cancer before the age of 50.

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        • #5
          Maybe it is the tobacco or something else, but no eagles have had issues.

          I grew up in South Jersey near what was the lapari land fill. For those who remember the 70's super fund, it was #1. Graduating class of 135 and we have about a dozen classmates with twins and about a dozen with cancer by 50.

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          • #6
            People dying as they get older is a pattern???

            LMAO
            Taking It One Game At A Time

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