Athletics shortstop Cliff Pennington was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy on Monday. By the sixth inning of Oakland's loss to Seattle, he was having trouble seeing because he couldn't close his left eye and it kept tearing up. "It feels like I went to the dentist and the whole left side of my face is numb," Pennington said. Pennington, who was replaced in the sixth by Eric Sogard, is hopeful that the usually temporary condition, in which a nerve causes facial paralysis, clears up within a day or two. "I was trying to play, but I couldn't see the ball very well," Pennington said. "I didn't want to cost the team. As soon as I can blink, I can play."