English: CC Sabathia (left) and Mark Teixeira (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Most baseball fans probably read this already either in the NY Daily News, NY Post or any national newspaper that New York Yankees fans ace CC Sabathia has an appointment with Dr. James Andrews this week.
The doctor’s visit is to get answers about why Sabathia’s left elbow, the one that landed on the 15-day DL back on August 11th, is still aching. An MRI revealed a bone spur, which the Yankees claim was there well before he was Yankee.
And in true Yankee brass form, GM Brian Cashman downplayed Sabathia’s upcoming check-up as “routine stuff.” So it came as no shocker that Cashman also told the NY Daily News that he’s “not at all” concerned about any ligament damage being found.
Well, problem is Sabathia does not share Cashman’s sentiments as the ace has expressed “a bit of concern” for his left arm. Sabathia admitted that he never experienced elbow pain before this past August, and that the pain had not gone away...
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