This is not a post bashing Johan Santana.  I know early on in the 2010 season I wrote that Santana was done and I admit I was wrong.  Santana rebounded nicely and was having a great 2nd half until being sidelined with another injury that would for the 3rd consecutive year require surgery.  This surgery is now the 3rd surgery Santana has had on his pitching arm.  Santana is expected to miss most if not all of next year which means that he won’t return until 2012.  In 2012 Santana will be 33 years old. It’s time to start looking for a new Ace of the staff.  Also with this type of injury to a pitcher the pitcher has not returned to pitch again.  Look at Mark Prior and Wang as examples.  At least their baseball uniforms look good. Prior hasn’t pitched since having this surgery in 2006 and Wang hasn’t pitched since having surgery last year. Read the rest here.

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I don't handle pressure well. With the San Francisco Giants' bubbly-bath in the balance, and another nail biting 7-8-9 innings, I must have pissed off half the Twitterverse. My tweets about who should pitch the 8th inning for the Giants notwithstanding, all is good now.

In fact, my wife, the kid, and Will The Thrill (my 2-year old beagle mix) can all come out of hiding. The game is over. The Giants won. We're going to the NL Championship Series. Bring on the Phillies, baby. Read the rest here.

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