MLB pitcher gave rib removed during surgery to daughter

by mgunner1 | September 20, 2012 at 08:35 am
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Earlier this season, Chris Carpenter had one of his right ribs removed in an unusual surgery designed to alleviate the pressure on the nerves that run to his right arm.

But what the St. Louis Cardinals pitcher claims he did with that rib once it was out was even more unusual: Carpenter brought the bone home and gave it to his 7-year-old daughter Ava after she asked for a souvenir from her daddy's stay in the hospital.

Fox Sports Midwest has more on the story here.

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