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Article: Wright's pain leads to gain
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 5, 2000
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Wright's pain leads to gain
By TOM HAUDRICOURT
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Wednesday, July 5, 2000
It certainly didn't appear so at the time, but the shoulder injury
that Jamey Wright suffered in the early days of spring training might
have been a blessing in disguise.
Having barely learned the names of his new teammates in the
Milwaukee Brewers clubhouse, the 6-foot-5 right-hander was devastated
in early March when told he had slight tears of both the labrum and
rotator cuff in his pitching shoulder.
"It was such a disappointment to think I'd miss even one start,
let alone eight or nine, or whatever it was," said Wright, who was
well aware that he was considered the centerpiece of a ...