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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
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He was born of salt and smoke.
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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Well every couple of years you get the old "X player needs to recognize the difference between hurt and injured..." and some guys, pitchers in particular, just never do.
You're asking your body to do an extremely unnatural thing several thousand times over the course of a few months - your arm is GOING to hurt. Sorry hoss, them's the breaks. And for some pitchers, they can go like gangbusters until that soreness that is always going to set in shows up on the scene. Then they just psyche themselves out and convince themselves that they can't function at less than 100%.
If you're a pitcher, the last time you were at 100% was in the 9th grade. Every pitch you throw is one step, no matter how small, away from physically perfect. The best pitchers simply know how to work within those parameters. Others simply never adjust.
It's possible that Zimmer keeps having under the radar maladies that just aren't being diagnosed. It's also possible that he just can't tell the difference between hurt and injured (though 'I can't feel my fingers' probably qualifies as the latter...)
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Fair points, and it is possible that was the issue.
Don't think he would have had major surgery like TOS if they didn't find evidence to support it, though.
It's a fine line to walk, though... between knowing you're mostly Ok and need to tough it out and knowing you're actually hurt.
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