Joe Girardi, who managed CC in NY for 9 years, after tonight's career finale:
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I sign on for this too. CC did have some disparaging and stupid comments wrt the Red Sox over the last couple of years, but his career includes periods of dominance (the Indians/Brewers years were pretty great), reinvention, and gutty veteran presence that I have to admire. Plus by all accounts he was a popular teammate, has been personally involved in charities, and seems like an intelligent and funny guy.It's not the most popular opinion amongst the Red Sox fans here, but I'm a pretty big CC Sabathia fan. The work he did for the Brewers in just half a season forever made me appreciate him. In half a season he threw 3 shutouts and 7 complete games. At the end of the season he threw on short rest 3 starts in a row, two of which were outstanding. He couldn't keep the magic going in his post-season start, but still, the work he did to drag that team into the postseason was amazing.
Crappy in he doesn't get to walk off the mound on his own terms.I don't think it's a crappy way to end his career, it's symbolic of the guts he has. As hurt as he was, he was pitching well and the defense failed him.
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He was a true Yankee
This is true. Depending what the Yankees do on the roster, if the game isn't close tonight and he's still playing, I can see them giving him one final appearance at home. Down 5 or up 5...etc.Crappy in he doesn't get to walk off the mound on his own terms.
Judging by being in tears last night, I can't see him being on the mound tonight.This is true. Depending what the Yankees do on the roster, if the game isn't close tonight and he's still playing, I can see them giving him one final appearance at home. Down 5 or up 5...etc.
Yeah, he's done, and it always sucks when greats don't get to go out on their own terms... but that really does happen so rarely. And there's definitely something poetic about him literally pitching until he can't anymore.Judging by being in tears last night, I can't see him being on the mound tonight.
Subluxation of his pitching shoulder, formally replaced on the roster by Heller. career is over.This is true. Depending what the Yankees do on the roster, if the game isn't close tonight and he's still playing, I can see them giving him one final appearance at home. Down 5 or up 5...etc.
There was an amazing clip posted on Twitter last night that I can't find now of CC as a rookie sprinting off the mound to field a dribbler to the 3B side, and firing a 100 MPH bullet across the diamond to get the runner.The silver lining in all of this is that he'll never have to try to field another bunt in his life.
This is IMO a pretty incredible way to go out, not wanting to leave even with a dislocated shoulder, even throwing a test pitch (that looked pretty good!).Subluxation of his pitching shoulder, formally replaced on the roster by Heller. career is over.
Why wouldn't they DL him and replace him with another pitcher? It'd be complete mismanagement not to.This is true. Depending what the Yankees do on the roster, if the game isn't close tonight and he's still playing, I can see them giving him one final appearance at home. Down 5 or up 5...etc.
This has already happened, Ben Heller replaced him. I think when crow posted, it maybe wasn't public yet that he had a dislocated shoulder.Why wouldn't they DL him and replace him with another pitcher? It'd be complete mismanagement not to.
Which included three pitches after he dislocated his shoulder!!CC quote: “I threw until I couldn’t anymore.”
Probably not the same clip, but from his MLB debut against BaltimoreThere was an amazing clip posted on Twitter last night that I can't find now of CC as a rookie sprinting off the mound to field a dribbler to the 3B side, and firing a 100 MPH bullet across the diamond to get the runner.
The Scherzer deal is the gold standard here, I believe, averaging around 5 WAR per year so far where CC and Mussina only averaged about 3.We often talk about how long term FA contracts for pitchers often don't work out, but this one for the Yankees definitely did (arguably they have the two best pitching mega deal FA with him and Mussina).
Not quite true...he had that issue in Toronto, which was around the time he came forward with his alcohol issuesI watched CC pitch as a rookie and have always been a fan, I used to get a lot of amusement mocking the crusty old Tribe fans who complained that he wore his cap crooked and was "disrespecting the game".
You can call him a true Yankee but my Tribe had him first. He had scholarship offers to be a tight end if I recall.
He was just a big kid when he broke in, he was robbed at gunpoint in a downtown luxury hotel late at night when he was like 22. He made a major adjustment and never went out for nightlife from that point on, he moved his mom from California to help him after that point. I recall reading that he and his wife are very down to earth, grounded people, that they had minimal staff for the size of their property and their income. I think I recall that they did most of their own cooking as a family.
When CC went public with his issues with alcohol I gained even more respect for him as a man. He could have tried to keep it hidden until the off season but he faced it and put it front and center.
There was a lot of talk early in his career about him and Bartolo learning to be pitchers, not just throwers, because both had plus velocity.
Yes! That was it, not so amazing for a lot of pitchers but for a guy who didn't even bother trying to cover 1B for the last five years or so, amazing to see he was once that nimble.Probably not the same clip, but from his MLB debut against Baltimore
Yeah for sure. But the CC and Mussina deals worked out well for the Yanks and didn’t blow up in their face like so many others.The Scherzer deal is the gold standard here, I believe, averaging around 5 WAR per year so far where CC and Mussina only averaged about 3.