Gordon's Suffering Shoulder Pain

It's been 11 days since Tom Gordon has graced the mound for the Phillies. After coming off disastrous back-to-back outings (0-2, 1IP, 3 H, 2BB, 5R), the official word from the Phillies is they were giving him a week off to rest. That was on the level, at least from the Phillies point of view. In reality, Gordon is suffering from a sore shoulder; although he failed to let the Phillies know.