If Washington Nationals right-hander Doug Fister was thinking about more than just baseball during his outing on Friday night, it would be perfectly understandable. According to Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post, Fister took the hill against the San Francisco Giants just two days after undergoing a procedure to remove cancerous skin from the left side of his neck. The stitches from the procedure were visible as Fister labored through six innings - his shortest outing since July 21 - in the Nationals 10-3 loss to San Francisco. Fister was only on the hook for four of those runs, but took his fourth loss as Washington 10-game winning streak was snapped. Both Fister and manager Matt Williams confirmed the procedure when asked about the mark on Fister's neck, but both insisted that it had no baring on his outing . "I had some skin cancer removed a couple days ago," Fister said. "It had no effect tonight." "I just wasn't sharp," Fister said. "I left too many balls over the plate." Understandably, the competitor in Fister brushed it off all together. However, the skin cancer issue is one people within the game have to take more seriously. Recently, Kilgore's colleague at the...