ABC - New York Yankees pitcher Sabathia is planning to check himself into a alcohol rehabilitation center Monday.
Sabathia issued a statement just after 1 p.m. (see below) that said he's leaving at a bad time, but it's something he owed to himself and his family. The announcement comes a day before the Yankees play Houston in the American League wild-card game.
The statement also said he's looking forward to playing again next season, so it appears he's not returning for the post season.
Here is the statement:
"Today I am checking myself into an alcohol rehabilitation center to receive the professional care and assistance needed to treat my disease.
"I love baseball and I love my teammates like brothers, and I am also fully aware that I am leaving at a time when we should all be coming together for one last push toward the World Series. It hurts me deeply to do this now, but I owe it to myself and to my family to get myself right. I want to take control of my disease, and I want to be a better man, father and player.
"I want to thank the New York Yankees organization for their encouragement and understanding. Their support gives me great strength and has allowed me to move forward with this decision with a clear mind.
"As difficult as this decision is to share publicly, I don't want to run and hide. But for now please respect my family's need for privacy as we work through this challenge together.
"Being an adult means being accountable. Being a baseball player means that others look up to you. I want my kids - and others who may have become fans of mine over the years - to know that I am not too big of a man to ask for help. I want to hold my head up high, have a full heart and be the type of person again that I can be proud of. And that's exactly what I am going to do.
"I am looking forward to being out on the field with my team next season playing the game that brings me so much happiness."
What the fuck is going on right now? I'm so confused. Never in my life have I seen something come more out of nowhere than this. CC has a drinking problem? A drinking problem so grave that he chose the day before the playoffs start to check into rehab? CC? One of the most model citizens in baseball? Yea there was that incident earlier this summer in Toronto where him and his friends go into a scuffle while they were out. Could there have been more to that? Maybe, but he certainly doesn't have a history of getting into those kinds of situations.
Unfortunately my gut tells me that CC got drunk very recently and did something awful. Something so bad that if he didn't take action right away and try to get himself help that he couldn't look his wife or kids in the eye. If that's the case than this is really, truly unfortunate.
What an insane year this has been for CC. He went from dragging the Yankees down with his awful performance to putting it all back together again to getting hurt with a potential career-ending injury to coming back off the DL only to be more productive and earn himself a spot on the postseason rotation to ending his season in rehab before the playoffs start. It's tough to look past tomorrow the way the Yankees are playing but it looks like Nova is going to go from a bullpen demotion to starting Game 3 of the ALDS should they get so far. As if you needed another reason to be down on this team before the wildcard game.
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