Been over 12 yrs. since he threw a pitch, so I'd say he probably doesn't know a DAMN thing, wouldn't you?What the fuck does Orel Herschiser know? The guy hasn't pitched in a decade or so.
Of course, had I known this topic would be so heated here @ Metal Sludge, I would have tried my best to have remembered the other pitchers that agreed w/Oral's points as well as the medical experts names and exactly how they stated their arguments as to why it's actually better (if you're going) to shut a pitcher down (at all) to shut them down in the middle of a season and restart them vs. shutting them down then restarting them when Spring Training rolls around.
But then again maybe they (the above mentioned) are all idiots (and no I'm not being sarcastic in saying that, maybe they REALLY ARE) - I'm not a goddamn doctor so I don't really know.
As I said, I'm GLAD they're shutting him down, as I see them as our biggest obstacle currently.