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Chien-Ming Wang and the Perils of One False Step
By Tyler Kepner
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. –
The news that Chien-Ming Wang needs shoulder surgery is not surprising,
but the finality of it is discouraging. Yes, Wang pitched poorly for the
Yankees this season. But shoulder injuries are potentially very serious,
and many pitchers never recover. That is the fear in the Yankees’ clubhouse.
“He’s had a chance to pitch well in the big leagues for a few years, and
you just hope it’s not over,” said Wang’s teammate, Johnny Damon. “You
hope he can recoup what he’s had in the past and go on and pitch another
10 years, whether it’s for us or someone else, so he can keep playing the
game he loves and make a lot of money doing it.”
The Yankees had few specifics about the operation, saying only that the
shoulder capsule (technically the fibrus membrane that surrounds the shoulder
joint) will be repaired by Dr. James Andrews on Wednesday morning and that
Wang will be out for the year. We already know Wang has rotator cuff damage,
and Manager Joe Girardi compared the injury to the one catcher Jorge Posada
sustained last year.
The important question, of course, is how long Wang will need to recover,
and if he can ever be the same pitcher. The answers will determine whether
the Yankees keep him around next season. He is eligible for arbitration and
cannot be offered less than $4 million. If the Yankees do not tender him a
contract, Wang will become a free agent, ending a relationship that had
been so fruitful for the Yankees until that fateful base running injury
in Houston last June 15.
I was talking about that injury on Tuesday with Pete Abraham of the Journal
News, thinking about all the what-ifs.
Wang came to bat in that game against the Astros’ Roy Oswalt with one out
and runners on first and second in the top of the sixth inning. He put down
a bunt, attempting to sacrifice the runners. But Oswalt fielded it and forced
the lead runner at third, and that is why Wang was on the bases.
Damon bounced to shortstop for what would have been an inning-ending out. But
an error by the Astros’ Miguel Tejada prolonged the inning and put Wang on
second.
Derek Jeter singled to right, and Wang was running with two outs. The Yankees
led by just 3-0, and his run was important. He rounded third to score easily,
but on his way there he tore apart his foot.
Wang scored the run but had to be helped off the field, ending his season
and setting in motion a chain of events that have swiftly and mercilessly
stifled what had been one of the great early careers any Yankees pitcher
has ever had. (Look it up.)
It’s the nature of sports, of course. Just ask Bo Jackson – or
Brien Taylor, for that matter — how everything can change in an instant.
It’s just a shame, another rotten bit of news for a great pitcher and
a good guy.
http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/chien-ming-wang-and-the-perils-of-one-false-step/
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