The night Jake Peavy ended his 2010 season with the White Sox he was seen warming up for a total of 5 minutes. If you recall the White Sox and Angels were in a 2:45 rain delay. As Angel pitcher Jared Weaver warmed up in the outfield getting loose for the 8:45 P.M. start Peavy was no where to be found. Weaver was finished long tossing and nearling ending his bullpen session when Peavy emerges from the White Sox dugout. After a few short sprints in the outfield and about 10 tosses he heads to the bullpen mound. With every throw a grimance crossed Peavy's face. As Angels manager Mike Sciosa look out at the White Sox bullpen wondering why Peavy is not on the infield mound ready to throw he is astonished to see Peavy just finishing his pre-game throws around 8:44. All in all Peavy warmed up, from the first sprint to the last pitch and then fist pumping the bullpen teamates was 5 minutes. 5 minutes of total warm up. In the second inning on a fast ball to home plate Peavy detaches a muscle in his shoulder and back ended his season and maybe his career.
With the amount of money the White Sox are paying this guy maybe he could have warmed up a little bit longer.
Of course if the White Sox keep on hitting like they have the past week Carlos Zambrano could pitch for the Sox and they will still win. Carlos "No You Didnt" Quentin has hit 6 HR this past week. Including his third grand slam of his young career. With Gordan Beckham warming up and AJ swinging a hot bat it looks like all those people who predicted the Sox to win the World Series maybe right after all.
The White Sox head into the All-Star break in first place.
Do you feel that an injury such as this is staved off by warming up? I would think this more of a possibility if it had occurred in the 1st inning rather than the 2nd. With the pain he'd been feeling, this seemed like it was a long time coming.
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I would think the injury occured as freak of an injury that it is, occured because of not warming up long enough. The pain he was feeling I believe was in a differant area of the shoulder.
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ReplyDeleteYou never know with these guys. They play thru so much pain its hard to tell.