John Maine out for rest of season
nydailynews.com 9/26/2008 — Jerry Manuel all but ruled out using John Maine for the remainder of the season, even though the interim manager liked how Maine looked in a simulated inning on Monday. The skipper didn't want to jeopardize a 27-year-old pitcher's future.  ...

MANUEL UNLIKELY TO USE MAINE IN BULLPEN
nypost.com 9/26/2008 — It looks like John Maine's comeback this season will be ceremonial. Interim manager Jerry Manuel said he will be very reluctant to use Maine out of the bullpen the rest of the way, even though the Mets activated Maine on Wednesday. Maine had...

Maine wants to pitch, but knows he may not -
newsday.com 9/26/2008 — John Maine knows now that there is a big chasm between being "activated" and being active. After long, tough rehabilitation work, Maine was taken off the disabled list Wednesday and activated. But manager Jerry Manuel suggested before last night's ...

Wilpon extracts positives from season | mets.com: News
newyork.mets.mlb.com 9/29/2008 — NEW YORK -- Despite all the expectations, the what-ifs and the could-have-beens, Mets CEO Jeff Wilpon managed to muster a few positives Sunday on the final day of his team's 2008 season. "I think we overachieved based on what we had," Wilpon said. ...

Maine has successful surgery
newyorkmetsdaily.com 10/1/2008 — John Maine underwent successful surgery today at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. He will begin rehab immediately and is expected to be fully healed by Spring Training 2009.

Surgery Tuesday for John Maine — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 9/29/2008
John Maine will have surgery Tuesday on a bone growth in his right shoulder to alleviate the muscle irritation that left him unable to pitch after Aug.23.

Quiet day at Shea as few players show up — Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs 9/29/2008
It’s been a quiet day at Shea, where the highest-profile player to clean out his locker is John Maine. He’s scheduled to undergo surgery Tuesday, and said he should be fine to begin long-tossing on schedule in late December. Other ...

Maine OK with sitting at end — NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 9/30/2008
John Maine pushed for weeks to get back to the Mets' active roster because he truly believed he could've made a difference, especially in a bullpen that proved unreliable right until the team was eliminated Sunday.

Maine goes under the knife — Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs 9/30/2008
John Maine underwent arthroscopic surgery Tuesday to remove a lesion from the back of his right shoulder socket. The procedure was performed by team doctors David Altchek and Struan Coleman at the Hospital for Special Surgery. The righthander is ...

Mets starter Maine undergoes surgery on shoulder — ESPN.com - MLB 10/1/2008
Mets pitcher John Maine had surgery Tuesday to remove a lesion from the back of his right shoulder socket.