July 29, 2008
Maine's Pain
John Maine wanted to pitch through the pain in Florida Monday night, but his coaches would not risk a bigger injury:
"I said I was sore, but capable of pitching," said Maine.
That was good enough for the Mets to give him the ball, but by the fourth inning pitching coach Dan Warthen was growing concerned.
The Mets let him go out for the fifth, but quickly knew he wouldn't finish.
"I didn't like that his arm angle dropped," Warthen said of Maine's body language, figuring compensation for the shoulder could lead to problems elsewhere. "We were worried he might blow out his elbow."
As they should be. Maine is too valuable to the rotation right now to take any risks. It cost the Mets the game, but it did not cost Maine the season.
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On Extra Innings the Marlins announcers were making a big deal about how Maine didn't want to come out of the game. He did look pretty p.o.ed about the hook.
If the Mets are so worried about injury, why did they put the guy out there to throw 75 pitches in the first place? Oh well, the Mets pen blew the game, much to the delight of the sizable crowd (by Marlins standards, anyway).
Clemens pitched a couple of seasons with some elbow problems which led up to his down seasons with Boston. You've got to wonder if that also led to his use of PEDs.
