Thank goodness someone finally said it. Matt Cerrone accurately tells how the tightness in Johan Santana’s elbow was blown out of proportion by the media for its shock value. Here’s Cerrone’s take:
…actually, if you paid attention during that week of spring training, elbow-gate never really started… he never really complained of pain in the elbow, he complained of pain in the muscle and tendon in the tricep, above the elbow… also, the Mets never needed to send him for an MRI, and, believe me, if it was truly an elbow injury, he would not have been allowed to look at a pitcher’s mound, let alone throw a simulated game three days later… he’s fine, so it seems…
It was always never more that tightness in a spot above the elbow in the tricep that always gets tight. Both Ray Ramirez and Mike Herbst learned under the late Tommy McKenna. They knew what they were dealing with, and so did the the rest of the staff.
Many in the media made fools of themselves and seem to have developed a tendency to go after the Mets medical staff. They did so last year in the Ryan Church concussion escapade.
After getting burned in 1991 over some back spasms John Franco had, Frank Cashen put a muzzle on Steve Garland and me. I don’t know what the situation is now. But if the writers had either listened to or had gotten their information from Ramirez, the story would never had grown legs as it did. But the way the New York print media likes to run with things, accuraccy can’t get in the way of a good headline.
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This post was written by bobsikes on March 28, 2009
