Unlike with a traditional blood draw, the patient does not see the needle go into the arm nor the tubes of blood. The process takes about two minutes and has a 95% success rate on the first attempt.

For now, it remains to be seen whether any bad blood will be reinvigorated as the game draws closer. With the game not for another nine months, there is still excess time to raise the stakes even ...

The practice of drawing blood has changed very little over the decades. It looks about the same now as it did 50 years ago.