Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy apparently has been released from the hospital, taking to Twitter and unleashing what, all things considered, may be the best tweet of the year:

Although it appears that's not going to work, from his wife:

His wife, Amanda, in addition to the response above, earlier tweeted:

It's fantastic news for McCarthy, the A's and baseball fans everywhere. The way McCarthy has dealt with his injury has been amazing. His Twitter feed has showed his sense of humor was not injured by the ball off the bat of Erick Aybar. McCarthy had emergency surgery last week after the incident and has kept fans up to date from his own Twitter account.

Here's another one of my favorites, from Monday night:

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