The Indians have a new pitcher this season named Carl Pavano. Apparently he played for the Yankees last. He was talked about extensively as a bust in Joe Torre’s book. He has had numerous health problems that kept him off the field AFTER he signed a big contract to play in the Bronx. Anyway, I didn’t know if you guys had heard anything about him before. He is trying to overcome his injury-riddled past to pitch in the Indians’ rotation this year. Blech. We GET it.
I don’t mean to poke fun at spring training baseball coverage (much.) But it seems like there is one of these storylines every single season. Whether it is Matt Lawton coming to camp on a free agent year looking like he was hanging out with Roger Clemens in the off-season. Or whether it is Juan Gonzalez coming to Cleveland after turning down an 8 year $140 million deal in Detroit Rock City. Or even in the case of Adam Miller and that pesky finger of his. These cliche spring stories abound every single year. This year it is Carl Pavano, his health, and whether he can ever get back to being the pitcher the Yankees thought they were getting when they signed him away from the Marlins.
So Pavano is healthy right now. He has pitched ok so far this Spring. He hopes to be healthy more than the fans and beat writers do. That’s all there is to say. He has been getting grounders, has had mixed results, but appears to be healthy so far. So can we please just fast forward to mid-season and find out if he works out yet or not? I will buy a Delorean if we can make it happen. Who’s got the flux capacitor and the contacts with the Lybians?
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