Found October 20, 2012 on MLB Injury News: Yardbarker Blogger Network
C.C. Sabathia was both dominant and horrible in the 2012 postseason.  Such is the case when a team must battle through adversity and keep their intensity level at its highest point for a month.  The New York Yankees were swept out of the American League Championship Series two days ago by the Detroit Tigers.  This was with Sabathia on the hill.  Sabathia struggled, and the Yankees lost.  Now, the team wants to make sure his elbow is alright. According to Marc Carig of Newsday, the Yankees will make sure Sabathia has his pitching elbow looked at.  When general manager Brian Cashman was asked about Sabathia's elbow, he made it clear that was on the Yankees' list of priorities. "Let's put it this way, we're going to look at that elbow, no doubt about it," Cashman said. "That will be on the list of things we have to look at now that the offseason's here. Whether he wants to or not, we're going to go look into this thing and make sure eve...
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