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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oakland A's pitcher Brandon McCarthy was discharged from the hospital Tuesday, less than a week after being struck in the head by a line drive off the bat of the Angels' Erick Aybar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;McCarthy underwent emergency brain surgery Wednesday night to repair a fractured skull and stop bleeding around his brain.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;McCarthy and his wife, Amanda, broke the news via Twitter:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/Mrs_McCarthy32/status/245600628578058240&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://twitter.com/BMcCarthy32/status/245603427315486721\nMcCarthy's recovery was in doubt at times during his hospitalization, but his doctors both said his recovery was sufficient enough to be released.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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