Giblin has shoulder surgery
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- June
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Bad news for former Rockland Athlete of the Season Sean Giblin. The former Pearl River hurler underwent shoulder surgery last Wednesday, according to Pearl River coach Bruce Miller, and will be out until at least September. This effectively ends his short-season 2008 in the Pittsburgh minor league season. He probably would have been at State College in the New York-Penn League. Which means he might have started locally against the Hudson Valley Renegades. Now he’ll be out of commission.
Giblin had shoulder pain at the end of last year, contributing to his poor performance in his first season of pro ball. The Pirates expected him to be healed after offseason rest, but he kept hurting. It ended with him on the table of Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Alabama.
Obviously it’s a disappointing turn for the kid with the killer curveball. As Miller pointed out though, he’s still only 18 and saves a year on his arm.
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FIRST I HOPE HE GETS WELL, BUT IT IS SAD TO SEE THIS WITH SO MANY YOUNG PITCHERS,IMO ANY PARENT THAT LETS ANY COACH MAKE KIDS PITCH FROM 12 YEARS OLD TO AT LEAST 17,THERE SHOULD BE A PITCH COUNT RULE, AND ANY KID THAT THROWS A CURVE BALL FROM 12-15 YEARS OLD SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THE GAME ! BY THE UMP OR COACH 16-18 F/B AND CHANGE UP ,AND PITCH COUNT AND MUST REST ARM AT LEAST 4 DAYS THE GAME AND THE PLAYERS WILL BE BETTER OFF IN THE LONG RUN!!!!
Sometimes it is just in the cards that an arm injury happens. Some people have rubber arms and can go forever like Mariano Rivera, Some break down and can never recover like Pavano. I agree coaches have something to do with it, but pitch count alone has very little to do with it. Pearl River did a great job at controlling Giblins pitch count and that had nothing to do with his present injury.
By the way, the shoulder surgery would have little to nothing to do with his curveball.
Either way it sucks to hear that he had this setback, however, he is soooo darn young that he wil have plenty of time to heal up, and be better than ever.
Giblin was washed up when Somers beat him last year. Too much hype for big dumb kid. Maybe he'll use this time to finish his HS education.
Josh when are you going to pick the all league players and i would like to know if that includes the chsaa players or is it seperate?
USA TODAY Final 2008 baseball regional rankings
East Regional Rankings
1. Don Bosco Prep, Ramsey, N.J. (33-0)
2. George Washington, New York (46-2)
3. Plymouth North, Plymouth, Mass. (26-0)
4. Malvern Prep, Malvern, Pa. (41-3)
5. St. Albans, Washington, D.C. (32-2)
6. Mamaroneck, N.Y. (30-2)
7. Calvert Hall, Baltimore (26-7)
8. Sherwood, Sandy Spring, Md. (17-5)
9. Boston College, Dorchester, Mass. (22-4)
10. Canon McMillan, Canonsburg, Pa. (22-5)
How was George Washington high able to play 48 games in 1 high school season? Seems kind of Impossible. Mamaroneck needs to get a game with them next year, I think Mamk would kill them.
Giblin washed up? What kind of a jealous moron would write that? He is in the pro's, while you are at WCC and playing arc softball somewhere with your dopey friends.
Josh—back on June 15 you said you'd post the all section selections. It is now June 19th and we haven't seen anything.
Hearing about an arm injury to a young kid with such a tremendous upside is awful. Hopefully he will take rehab very serious and use this as a new start . Giblin's ability has never been questioned, his work ethic has. He went to camp over weight and the management hasn't been too happy with him.
Regarding GW, what I have been told is that GW will count scrimmage games in their record—IF THEY WIN. I have heard this from a very reliable source that has known Steve Mandl (GW's Coach) for a very long time. Supposedly he'll do anything to stay in the national rankings. Check the PSAL website and you'll see nowhere near 48 games on their schedule.
That is total B.S., it is against NY state public school rules to play that many games. So the coach lied to USA today to get the high ranking? What a crock. I say Mamaroneck plays them tomorrow and we will see who is better. What a low life the GW coach must be, didnt Gw lose to Clarkstown South or North this year? What a joke.
It is flat out impossible for them to play that many games, this is a good example of a moron coach doing anything in his power to get noticed.
I know that GW played South in 2007 at the Northeast Elite Tournament and South beat them for the championship. The team did not even come out of the dugout for the line-up after the game. This is reflective of the coach. Obviously he has no class and does not teach this to his players. Manny Ramirez, an alumni of GW, must feel the same way, because he does nothing to support his HS. I guess class does not count,though, in the real world of baseball because many of the GW players do go on to play pro ball. Such a shame that character no longer plays a role in the world of sports!
Think about it this way—if there are an avg of 30 days in a month, that is 60 days b/t April and May combined, and then figure another 30 days if they start in mid-march and play into mid-June. So that's 90 days total, including weekends. That means that GW had to avg a game every other day in that stretch. Seems pretty tough to me. Think of all the games Mamk played and it was only 32, and that's with a run straight through to the state title. Even if you throw in their scrimmages it wouldn't be 40.