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Brandon Belt winds up on DL after appendectomy; Alen Hanson called up

By now you’ve seen the news that Brandon Belt had an emergency appendectomy last night. Here’s visual evidence of a surgery:

I’ve probably had four hundred stomach aches in my entire life and ever since one of my dearest friends had to have her appendix taken out when we were in first grade I have always had a fear of appendicitis in the back of mind. What exactly is appendicitis, you might wonder? Per Google:

Hold on. What’s going on here? This is the standard image that comes up when searching the term “appendicitis”.