Oh, Mo!
Via Bill Madden -
[Mariano Rivera] was unavailable to pitch yesterday after waking up and feeling the effects of his shaky 18-pitch save the night before.
According to Joe Girardi, Rivera’s shoulder was “cranky,” but there was nothing concerning about it. Of course not. What else would we expect Girardi to say? At least Rivera did confirm his shoulder was sore, while echoing Girardi in saying it’s not unusual. He did not, however, volunteer any information as to why he was staying back in New York last night and not accompanying the team on its “Black and Blue Airlines” cross-country flight to Seattle after the game. This, too, the Yankees immediately downplayed as being a “personal” thing not “physical.”
I dunno…I have a bad feeling about this…
What about you? Are you worried about Rivera and what his absence would mean to the Yankees, this season, if he’s out for a while?
If he was out for a while..yea I would. But from I’ve been reading, this happens to him just about every year at this time (Pete Abe). I’ll start worrying if he hits the DL.
Be nice to start going on an offensive tear to give him some rest too
i agree with other people who have commented on this topic on other sites, Mo seems to haev this prob once a year and it goes away…i’ll be concerned if it lasts more then a week or so
Not worried. I did a post on this yesterday, and it seems that Mariano has a dead arm period every August.
http://www.theyankeeuniverse.com/?p=6500
Old people get sick every winter – and they say “No big deal, I get the flu every January” – until they get the flu that actually kills them.
Same thing for pitchers – as they get older, sometimes, that every year pain, in one year, becomes the pain that does them in.
@ Steve Lombardi:
Fair enough. That being said, we do go through this so often with Mo. He has a bad game, or is a bit sore, and everybody freaks out. With him, I’ve learned to just assume the best until proven otherwise.
That’s the curse of being a 39-year old (or older) pitcher. Everything is always a sign of the end…until proven otherwise.
I’m concerned. I’m always concerned when it involves Mariano.
But I’m not panicking yet.