1.   He was the first to identify the ailment among a baffling cluster of kids with swollen knees in Lyme, Conn.

2.   Rather, the former pitcher for the Houston Astros insisted something was wrong with his arm and asked not to pitch until the mysterious ailment could be identified.

3.   When the ailment was identified, experts said there was no remedy.

4.   Rockets trainer Keith Jones said physicians could not identify the ailment with a name other than to describe it as a blood condition.