Thresher
07-12-2006, 11:26 PM
Both outstanding hurlers that have unfortunately been sidelined by numerous injuries...in hindsight, maybe they should have stuck with hockey -? Since throwing a baseball overhand is often considered the most unnatural motion in sports, which places an extreme burden on the shoulder/elbow
Gagné biography (http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Gagne/Gagne_bio.html)
Like most kids in Canada, Eric was a hockey fanatic. The Canadiens launched a run of four consecutive Stanley Cup the year he entered the world, and surprised their fans with another title in 1986 behind the goaltending of rookie Patrick Roy.
Just a few months past his 10th birthday, Eric celebrated the championship with the rest of Montreal’s delirious residents.
By then, the youngster had embarked on a hockey career of his own. A decent skater with an appetite for the dirty work needed in the corners and around the net, Eric matured into a rough-and-tumble defenseman and self-described “goon.”
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sfgate.com Harden injuries (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/05/16/SPGS6ISHRE1.DTL&type=as)
"I've never had problems my entire career," he said. "I just have to try to figure something out. If this were hockey, I'd throw my skates on and go, but these (injuries) are so specific to pitching, I can't do that. And there's nothing worse than not being able to play...
Lucky for A's, Harden gave up hockey (http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060323&content_id=1360839&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb)
The day hockey lost an undersized defenseman became the day baseball gained a hidden treasure...
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and no, back to reality:
sfgate.com: Harden has a body of trouble (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/11/SPGL2JT3BQ1.DTL)
Dodgers official site: Gagne's back surgery goes well (http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060708&content_id=1547193&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la)
It's a shame to see Harden and Gagné's careers clouded by numerous ailments - especially as an A's fan
:cry:
Gagné biography (http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Gagne/Gagne_bio.html)
Like most kids in Canada, Eric was a hockey fanatic. The Canadiens launched a run of four consecutive Stanley Cup the year he entered the world, and surprised their fans with another title in 1986 behind the goaltending of rookie Patrick Roy.
Just a few months past his 10th birthday, Eric celebrated the championship with the rest of Montreal’s delirious residents.
By then, the youngster had embarked on a hockey career of his own. A decent skater with an appetite for the dirty work needed in the corners and around the net, Eric matured into a rough-and-tumble defenseman and self-described “goon.”
***
sfgate.com Harden injuries (http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2006/05/16/SPGS6ISHRE1.DTL&type=as)
"I've never had problems my entire career," he said. "I just have to try to figure something out. If this were hockey, I'd throw my skates on and go, but these (injuries) are so specific to pitching, I can't do that. And there's nothing worse than not being able to play...
Lucky for A's, Harden gave up hockey (http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060323&content_id=1360839&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb)
The day hockey lost an undersized defenseman became the day baseball gained a hidden treasure...
***
and no, back to reality:
sfgate.com: Harden has a body of trouble (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/11/SPGL2JT3BQ1.DTL)
Dodgers official site: Gagne's back surgery goes well (http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060708&content_id=1547193&vkey=news_la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la)
It's a shame to see Harden and Gagné's careers clouded by numerous ailments - especially as an A's fan
:cry: