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"Bedard threw today and felt discomfort. Seen by Dr Yocum, no report back yet"

almost 2 years ago Jeff Sullivan 22 comments 0 recs |

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Maybe the problem is Dr. Yocum.

by Fuckmikereilly on Jul 15, 2010 5:41 PM PDT reply actions

Oh that slack-jawed Yocum

by OlSalty on Jul 15, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs

The only conclusion that I can reach is that he must not have preformed the surgery on the right shoulder.

by Janic on Jul 15, 2010 6:01 PM PDT up reply actions

I sure hope so.

by Fuckmikereilly on Jul 15, 2010 6:05 PM PDT up reply actions

He performed surgery on the right shoulder

Problem is, that was the wrong shoulder.

by chaney on Jul 15, 2010 6:31 PM PDT up reply actions

On the plus side, Yocum operates out of Anaheim so we probably saved on travel!

by abender20 on Jul 15, 2010 5:42 PM PDT reply actions

That's probably why he feels discomfort.

He’s being treated by the enemy!

…they should send down Huntington & Nutting, because they aren’t ready, either. - royshowell

by Marinerfanjake on Jul 15, 2010 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions

Fucking Erik Bedard

I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Ugh

by HitKing69 on Jul 15, 2010 6:07 PM PDT reply actions

I say we sign him to a 10 year contract starting today.

...and now I'm here

by CapSea on Jul 15, 2010 6:11 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

A one-year deal with 9 team option years

All worth $1 million with playing time incentives. We’ll keep waiting and waiting and waiting…..

by nathaniel dawson on Jul 15, 2010 10:09 PM PDT up reply actions

For Bedard to pitch again in the majors he has to pitch through pain.

Like Todd Stottlemyre did for the last three or four years of his career. Bedard must get used to the idea that he will never throw another pain free pitch again. When he accepts that he may still have some limited success. If he waits until he is completely pain free to pitch, the wait will never end.

by Jack Swan on Jul 15, 2010 6:19 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah we don't know that

by Jeff Sullivan on Jul 15, 2010 6:20 PM PDT up reply actions

We don't not know that

I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. Ugh

by HitKing69 on Jul 15, 2010 9:37 PM PDT up reply actions

Or he could still be injured because it generally takes pitchers 16 months or so to recover from a surgery like his

and if he attempts to “pitch through pain” as you say, he could end up ruining his arm even further. Let’s let the medical experts and the guy who can feel his arm be the judge on this one.

by Fuckmikereilly on Jul 15, 2010 6:24 PM PDT up reply actions

Like the pain he was pitching through on a partially torn labrum for the entirety of his time in Seattle?

Yeah, how much worse could it be? Fuck that guy!

/eyeroll

Don't worry; I'm a writer.

by harkening on Jul 15, 2010 7:20 PM PDT up reply actions

I like Bedard a lot, and have never complained about his injuries or toughness.

Pitchers get hurt, it is a fact of life & baseball. My guess is that the shoulder is so damaged that continued operations would have little chance of helping. The continued operations could actually contribute to scar tissue buildup and fraying of the bones, cartilage, tendons and ligaments that comprise the shoulder.

What Stottlemyre did was to stop having surgery and concentrate on rehab and physical therapy. He actually pitched some of the final years of his career in Arizona with a torn rotator cuff. Oh, the pain! I think Bedard will probably have a similar choice. Pitch to the best of his abilities with a bad shoulder, or hang’em up.

I doubt it ever happens, but it would be neat if some experimental surgery could be developed that fixed shoulders as well as TJ surgery fixes elbows.

by Jack Swan on Jul 16, 2010 1:14 AM PDT up reply actions