Monday, February 9, 2009

Illusions of Grandeur

Included in a "notes" posting, Diamond Leung has this gem..."Jason Schmidt has also been throwing bullpen sessions and is apparently pain-free." Gee, where have we heard that before...


"I feel fine out there."
(Jason Schmidt to Ken Gurnick on 6/16/ 2007)

Fine enough to have not thrown a pitch since uttering that line apparently.


"It's just been going so good, you want it to just keep going all spring."
(Again to Gurnick on 2/26/2008)

That quote was just going so good, you want to just keep going over it again and again.


"He's going through a little period -- not hurting -- but maybe he doesn't have the life in his arm he had earlier," said manager Joe Torre. "That's normal for a pitcher. He has no physical problem."
(Torre, after visiting too many opium fields in China during Spring Training on 2/26/08)


You know something I'd be pain free too if I had $45 million in the bank, and haven't had to use my arm in 20 months. Give us a break man.

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