Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 09, 2008
Heroic Start

Doug Davis undergoes cancer surgery on Thursday. Tuesday night, he ended this part of his career in with a memorable performance against the Dodgers:

Doug Davis, though, doesn't want to be hailed as heroic. He's just a man - a decent one at that - who happens to have cancer and doesn't want to let his teammates down.

Two days before undergoing surgery to have a cancerous thyroid mass removed, Davis delivered an emotional and bittersweet performance Tuesday night in helping the Diamondbacks to a 10-5 victory over the Dodgers at Chase Field that he and many others won't soon forget.

The left-hander, diagnosed with the treatable but ominous disease late in spring training, pitched five scoreless innings before allowing two runs in the sixth. He finished with seven strikeouts and tied a career high with two hits, including an RBI single, in collecting his first win of the season.

It was the fifth win in a row for the Diamondbacks, but it will be a while before Davis has a chance at winning another. The recovery and rehab time following this week's surgery is at least four to six weeks, probably even longer according to manager Bob Melvin.

"We'll see. That's a tough one for me," Melvin said. "I know he's kind of committed to that and (doctors) have told him that. I think that's his timetable in his head, but we'll take it how we think he's progressing at the time. It could be more."

The only thing that should really matter to Davis right now is a complete recovery. My thoughts are with him and his family.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:30 AM | Pitchers | TrackBack (0)
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Best of luck to him.

Posted by: rbj at April 9, 2008 08:57 AM

Puts baseball in perspective. It's just a game.

Posted by: C Johnson at April 9, 2008 09:38 AM

As a side note to Davis' outstanding pitching performance last night, he also went 2-for-2 at the plate (normally a terrible hitting pitcher)...that shows how dialed in he was last night.

All the best Doug...we're all praying for a speedy recovery.

Posted by: DbacksBuzz at April 9, 2008 10:06 AM
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