Quote: Maine will be 100 percent by Spring
John Maine will have surgery today to remove a bone spur on his right shoulder.
Speaking with reporters yesterday from Shea Stadium, Maine said he will be 100 percent by spring training.
…from what i have been told, the reason for concern here isn’t the surgery or the bone spur, but the fact that he got the bone spur in the first place, which suggests he could have weak ligaments, which could lead to other more-serious injuries down the line…
Maine, on the end of the season, while speaking to reporters yesterday from Shea Stadium:
“It’s tough. I think, obviously, last year was a tough let down and this is too, but, you know, it’s tough…For the most part, I think the core group is good. But, changes are not my area, I don’t know…It was tough just sitting down there watching, knowing there was nothing I could do. You know, I don’t know…I mean, I missed six weeks, seven weeks, I feel like maybe if I had been pitching I could have made up two games and maybe we get in right there.”
Maine finished the season 10–8 with a 4.18 ERA, while striking out 122 hitters in 140 innings pitched.
Prior to being put on the disabled list, Maine had been on pace to win 13 games – two less than he won in 2007.
