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Sanchez and Me

MFS62 Aug 01 2006 02:29 PM

I may have posted some of this before on the old board. When I was in high school, I was scouted by several major league teams (Cards and Phillies) as a pitcher and a catcher. I threw in the mid 80's at 16 years old. Then, one summer I was playing in a touch football game and suffered a shoulder separation in a freak accident. On a wide run I got blocked into a stone walk next to the field. It was before the days of arthroscopy and all surgery was "major". So I was told to see if it could heal itself through rest. Yes, it healed, but to this day I can't raise my arm totally vertically. And my velocity after the injury was initially closer to 40 than 80 MPH. I never was able to fully regain my pre-injury velocity. With advancements since those days, in diagnosis as wel as surgery, I hope that if Sanchez requires surgery, he gets it as soon as possible before calcification prevents his returning to his natural throwing arm slot/ strength. Later

Yancy Street Gang Aug 01 2006 02:43 PM

Why, do you suppose, will it take a week for them to know if surgery is necessary? Is there swelling that has to subside?

MFS62 Aug 01 2006 02:45 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Why, do you suppose, will it take a week for them to know if surgery is necessary? Is there swelling that has to subside? That would be my guess. That is what they usually say. Later

Farmer Ted Aug 01 2006 03:01 PM

"On a wide run I got blocked into a stone walk next to the field." MEAN MACHINE, MEAN MACHINE, MEAN MACHINE!

Johnny Dickshot Aug 01 2006 03:15 PM

You shoulda dropped down, Brad Chadford style. O Steve Schmoll style maybe.

MFS62 Aug 01 2006 03:21 PM

Johnny Dickshot wrote: You shoulda dropped down, Brad Chadford style. O Steve Schmoll style maybe. Didn't help. Too many things (bone chips?) hindered my throwing motion. Believe me , I tried. (sigh) Later

seawolf17 Aug 01 2006 04:34 PM

I can definitely throw more strikes and about fifteen MPH faster submarine-style. Wish my old coaches would have let me do it.

seawolf17 Aug 01 2006 04:35 PM

Actually, what a story that would be if Sanchez comes back as a sidewinding bullpen ace!

Edgy DC Aug 01 2006 04:43 PM

It's a rare man who gets more speed sidearmed. Most get more movement. Some get more control, but speed is tough from that angle, as --- among more physiological reasons --- you're working against gravity, rather than with it.