A Wahoo fan of any kind.
In what was supposed to be his final start before the season begins, CC Sabathia, ace of the Tribe’s pitching staff, took a line-drive off of his forearm from Reed Johnson. This is bad news. Anyway you dice it, a bruise affects his control because it’s hard to use muscles when they’re in pain, and they don’t respond as well, a fracture means time off and more arm strengthening needed to get back. A bruise would hopefully be less time, although often guys will rush back if they don’t think there’s a big injury.
The other bad news is for fans who like to chant Wahoo-wa Wahoo-wa, Uni-v-virgin-ee-uh: Leading receiver from last season, Kevin Ogletree, will be sidelined this season with an ACL tear. He’ll likely have it repaired sometime soon, but this is bad news for the Hoos, who often have trouble putting together good offensive sets.
Whether their lack of offense is due to a no-nonsense offense that often runs the same play, or due to lack of playmakers, or just due to the youth of the line and well everyone last year, losing Ogletree is a big hit. He’s not a huge guy, but think Steve Smith, just not quite as good in all aspects of the game quite yet. Regardless, the next best receiver coming into this year was under 100 yards last season. That’s right, not game. Season. We’ll see how the Hoos rebound from this. The good news is the main receivers in the Cavalier’s offense are usually the tight ends, but it would help the Cavaliers out to have a deep threat and stretch the field.
So, here’s hoping CC isn’t hurt that bad, and Ogletree makes as full of a recovery as you can after tearing your ACL.
