The Kinetic Chain – Pitching from the Ground Up

I have been following the Pedro Martinez saga or should I say injury chronicle quite closely (I no longer have any communication or connect with the Mets so I am an outside observer like the rest of you). This is a classic example of a cascade of injuries starting from the ground up. The genesis is the toe injury that kept him out the majority of spring training. You modify the shoe and the stress is transferred up the kinetic chain – the hip. It is only a matter of time before the shoulder or elbow goes. This time it was his calve. Just wait – they have to run him out there to put people in the seats. This will be interesting to watch. Remember Dizzy Dean