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HOUSTON -- Could building Lego sets have helped Astros pitcher Spencer Arrighetti rehab from a thumb injury that landed him on the injured list in April? Modern medicine and athletic trainers probably had more to do with it, but putting together Legos while his thumb healed was therapeutic for Arrighetti.

Arrighetti missed four months after he fractured his right (throwing) thumb when he was hit by a line drive while playing catch in the outfield on April 7 in Seattle. He didn’t need surgery, but he wore a cast for weeks before he could resume playing catch … or building Legos.

“Yeah, that put me on the Lego IL

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