[外電] Wang's pain is Pavano's gain

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標題: [外電]  Wang's pain is Pavano's gain
時間: Mon Mar 26 16:41:29 2007

 Wang's pain is Pavano's gain

Suddenly favorite to get nod

BY MARK FEINSAND
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Sunday, March 25th 2007, 12:31 PM


TAMPA - Carl Pavano arrived at camp this spring as the Yankees' biggest
question mark. When he leaves next week, he might just be their Opening
Day starter.

No, that's not a misprint, but the result of Chien-Ming Wang's strained
hamstring, Andy Pettitte's balky back and Mike Mussina's schedule.

"It's Opening Day, but there are 161 other games," Joe Torre said. "It
certainly is an important game, but so are the other ones."

Should the Yankees bestow the assignment on Pavano, he would be making
his first start for the Yankees since June 27, 2005 - a span of 643 days
- due to a multitude of injuries and mishaps.

Pavano missed the final three months of the 2005 season with rotator
cuff tendinitis, though no structural damage was ever found in his
shoulder. He missed most of spring training last year with stiffness in
his back, then when it looked like he was ready to return, he suffered a
bruised backside while pitching on the final day of the spring.

He then made three rehab starts in the minors last May, only to leave
his game on May 17 with discomfort in his right elbow. He underwent
surgery about a week later to remove a bone chip in the elbow, shelving
him for another two months.

On Aug.10, he made the first of four rehab starts, but five days later,
he suffered broken ribs in an automobile accident. Not wanting to be
sidelined again, Pavano hid his condition from the team, but after he
left his Aug.25 start with soreness under his armpit, he revealed the
true nature of his injury, infuriating the Yankees for hiding the
accident.

Pavano has pitched relatively well in his four games this spring despite
a 5.84 ERA, taking the ball regularly without any physical problems.

Torre and pitching coach Ron Guidry had lined up Wang, last year's Cy
Young runnerup, to open the season at the Stadium on April2. But Wang's
hamstring injury will keep him on the shelf for most of the season's
first month, eliminating him from the conversation.

"That's why we never announced it. You never know what's going to
happen," Torre said. "He was lined up for it, and it was pretty much
understood, even though he was never told that."

Wang's injury would seemingly leave Pettitte, who signed back with the
Yankees after spending three years in Houston, as the favorite. Only
Pettitte hasn't thrown off a mound since suffering back spasms earlier
this week, leaving it doubtful that he could be ready to make his final
spring start before the end of the week, and Guidry wants him to throw
two bullpen sessions before pitching.

"To me, it would be a long shot," Torre said of Pettitte starting the
opener. "We're not really thinking that can happen."

As for Mussina, he allowed four runs in six innings yesterday, and while
he isn't battling any health issues, he would have to make his final
spring start on short rest next Wednesday in order to be lined up for
the following Monday.

"He could do it, but you'd have to pitch him on short rest one place or
the other," Torre said. "That's something we certainly don't want to
do."

With the top three starters out of the mix, that leaves Pavano, Kei
Igawa and Jeff Karstens as the candidates.

Torre indicated that he would take several factors into account when
choosing his Opening Day starter, including how pitching in an amped-up
atmosphere such as the home opener could affect the pitchers.

Given that it would be Igawa's first big-league game and Karstens is a
24-year-old who has made eight big-league starts, Pavano would seem to
be the front-runner.

"If you think somebody is going to be a little bent out of shape over
it, it would probably enter into it," Torre said. "But if a guy is going
to pitch at Yankee Stadium, whether it's Monday, Wednesday or Thursday,
there are going to be a lot of people there."

Aside from the question of who will start the opener, Wang's injury
throws the rotation into a bit of chaos, since the Yankees were looking
to skip either Pavano or Igawa a couple of times during the first three
weeks of the season. Now, both starters will likely be part of the
regular rotation, with Karstens the leading candidate to pick up fifth
starter duties.

"Sometimes when somebody gets hurt like this, they (situations) become
bigger than they really are," Torre said. "There are other people that
are capable, so that's where we need to go right now."

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推 mtm:好另類的no pain no gain
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推 asdfzx:標題下得極佳~
推 aloness:感覺這記者是邊喝檸檬汁邊寫文章....隱含陣陣的酸意
推 chrislux:Pavano好像是先發內唯一沒傷的
推 ponzpons:標題很帥氣
推 pdaer:好標題.....建議收錄在國中課本
→ mikehu:no pain, no gain!
推 JackeyChen:這標題下得真.......XD
推 Shivian:原來要這麼久的pain才能gain  請教育部收到成語新解好了
推 asdfzx:杜老爺:"你一做Pavano的時候,你就zero了啦~"
推 adonislee:這標題下的好!