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John Maine expects to have arthroscopic surgery this winter to remove a bone spur from his ailing right shoulder but plans to pitch through the pain the rest of the season. The Mets can only hope Maine fares better than he did last night. The...
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Maine shoulder reason for concern
Dom D's Mets Fan Blog — ... games when rookie Daniel Murphy finally drew a two-out walk in the fifth. Maine, though, would quickly give that run back - and then some - in the sixth before mercifully getting the hook. Now the Mets have to wonder just how much they can rely on him the rest of the way. "I am comfortable with anybody that wants to gut it out - period," Manuel said of Maine. "But I do feel that, if it's not enough for us to win, then I have to make some decisions." Source:NY Post

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