April 08, 2006
Gagne Update
Eric Gagne underwent surgery yesterday, and it looks like he'll miss two months:
Dr. Frank Jobe and Dr. Ralph Gambardella of the team's medical staff in Los Angeles performed Friday's operation on Gagne, which lasted 30 minutes and was the second for the closer in less than a year.
"I think it's good news," Jobe said on a conference call. "He'll begin throwing a ball in three weeks, and in six weeks, get in a game. Those are guesses, a week one way or the other. I don't think it will be longer than six to eight weeks."
The nerve removed was the same one that was moved during a 2005 season-ending operation on June 24.
If Gagne doesn't do well upon his return, they can change his entrance music to, "If I Only Had the Nerve."
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One has to wonder . . . if the nerve could be removed, and Gagne able to pitch in 2 monhts as a result, why not remove the nerve a year ago? Something doesn't quite add up here.
Didn't Scott Hatteberg have a similar surgery?
He couldn't even hold a baseball, and had to move from behind the plate as a result.
I'm not doctor, but I was expect Gagne's career to basically be over.
any updates on gagne's recovery? it would be sad for one of the most dominant guys in the game to just flame out like this...