1.   An MRI the following day showed a protruding disc, and Brown checked into the hospital last Monday in excruciating pain.

2.   An MRI taken Thursday revealed Brown had a protruding disc.

3.   Dr. Roberts Watkins performed surgery on a protruding disc in his lower back.

4.   Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Kevin Brown remained hospitalized Tuesday night with a protruding disc in his lower back, too sore to undergo a full examination and diagnostic testing.

5.   They took X-rays and discovered a protruding disc pushed against the sciatic nerve.

6.   Today, Kevin Brown is eligible to come off the disabled list, but instead the right-hander will undergo surgery to repair a protruding disc in his back.

7.   Watkins added Brown also experienced weakness in his right leg as a result of the protruding disc, but that should be rectified with the surgery.

8.   Holtz had an MRI yesterday, which showed a protruding disc between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae.

9.   Holtz had an MRI on Thursday, which showed a protruding disc between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae.

10.   Waldorf was sidelined early this year following knee surgery and then missed nearly two months last summer because of two protruding discs in his back.