Earlier this week, uber-phenom Zack Wheeler and slugging prospect Aderlin Rodriguez engaged in an on-field altercation that escalated into an off-field, ethnically divisive war.
Said a person with knowledge close to the situation,
“Zack knows that when you’re a Met you’re a Met all the way from your first cigarette to your last dying day.”
The Sharks had no response.
How did Johan Santana re-tear his shoulder capsule?
Was it the 134-pitch no-hitter?
Was it that “voluntary bullpen session” aimed at silencing suggestions that he wasn’t in shape?
Was it related to a mistake in his surgery?
Was it something mysterious, that couldn’t possibly be explained?
Could this re-injury have been prevented?
No, no, no, no, and maybe. Ironically, the answer to the question of how this happened was verbalized by Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen shortly after spring training opened in mid-February of 2012.
