Speaking to Mets.com, John Maine said after doctors removed the bone spur on his right shoulder they told him “… it was the biggest one they’d ever removed, the biggest one they’d ever seen."
John Maine’s biggest (and creepiest) fan thesportsculture.com 10/11/2008 — The Mets crumbled this season but that doesn’t mean this guy can’t drool over John Maine. Creepy, sure. But funny, most definitely.
Maine feeling 'great' after surgery | mets.com: News newyork.mets.mlb.com 10/9/2008 — NEW YORK -- John Maine wasn't trying to be a hero. His objective was to help the Mets win. That's why he tried to come back and pitch in the final week of the season. He didn't sense that his effort to resume was anything out of the ordinary. Turns ...
MAINE OPTIMISTIC AFTER SURGERY — NY Post: Sports 10/9/2008
As much as the Mets would have liked to use John Maine down the stretch, it appears then interim manager Jerry Manuel made the right decision by keeping his 27-year-old righty off the mound as the season went up in September smoke again. When...