With all due respect, if someone has a substance abuse problem their obligation is to take care of themselves. Also, for all we know the Yankees were aware of the situation and told him he had to take care of the problem. If he put if off for a week, and the Yankees were somehow to keep advancing is he supposed to keep postponing treatment?
not sure I follow bases80 logic.
so you would rather he mislead the team into believing he is prepared/primed to perform in the post season, rather that taking care of himself while on a downward slide? Instead he lets them fill the roster spot with someone at the top of their game and not wrestling with demons. Sounds pretty team oriented to me.
so you would rather he mislead the team into believing he is prepared/primed to perform in the post season, rather that taking care of himself while on a downward slide? Instead he lets them fill the roster spot with someone at the top of their game and not wrestling with demons. Sounds pretty team oriented to me.
why am I getting hammered here? This is definitely a selfish move, putting himself ahead of his team. I follow the Yankees regularly and he had a very solid 2 starts after getting a knee brace and it was almost certain that he would have been a playoff starter if they got through the wild card game. Now without CC the rotation is weakened. And considering how the playoffs are all about getting hot at the right time the Yankees could have made a run. Surely this isn't a problem that just came up but rather has been an issue for years. You don't become an alcoholic overnight. He could have waited another week or two before checking into rehab and pithced in the playoffs. Not like its a life or death situation. So yes this was a selfish move by CC throwing away the entire season for his team and wasting the regular season effort put up by his teammates.
The season ends Tuesday night anyways.
