05/03: Report: Pavano's Career Could Be Over
Posted by: Patrick
Dom Amore over at Courant.com has this:
The thing about this is it's not like it even matters. I mean, I feel sorry for the guy. I know we paid him a ton, I know he's made some mistakes, but anyone who's played baseball and loves the game knows that when your time is up, if it comes to that for him, it's a sad time.
But, as Yankees fans, I think we're all resigned to not having Pavano. We've been without him for most of the time he's been here. I mean, it'd sure be nice to have him pitching decent. Not like he was the year before we signed him, but decent. But, we know better than to assume that at this point. So, I don't see this getting more than a "ho hum" from most Yankees fans. We've got bigger fish to fry.
The Pavano news is bad. He had been throwing on the side, and got up on the mound on Sunday, but though the team kept saying he was getting better, he didn't seem so optimistic. He is going to see Dr. James Andrews in Alabama and may, in fact, need Tommy John surgery, which would finish him for this season and probably next season,too, possibly ending is career.
"It's getting ridiculous, the team needs me," Pavano said. "It's frustrating for all of us."
"It's getting ridiculous, the team needs me," Pavano said. "It's frustrating for all of us."
The thing about this is it's not like it even matters. I mean, I feel sorry for the guy. I know we paid him a ton, I know he's made some mistakes, but anyone who's played baseball and loves the game knows that when your time is up, if it comes to that for him, it's a sad time.
But, as Yankees fans, I think we're all resigned to not having Pavano. We've been without him for most of the time he's been here. I mean, it'd sure be nice to have him pitching decent. Not like he was the year before we signed him, but decent. But, we know better than to assume that at this point. So, I don't see this getting more than a "ho hum" from most Yankees fans. We've got bigger fish to fry.
