Brandon Webb's seemingly innocuous injury that will keep him out of his next start took a turn for the worse yesterday when it was reported that the Diamondbacks yanked a contract extension offer to their ace off the table when an insurance company refused to provide a policy for the pitcher.Now things have become even more terrifying, as it turns out that Webb -- while confirming the insurance policy business -- also visited the ever-so-dreaded Dr. James Andrews in December 2008, based upon the Snakes' ceasing of extension talks.
"I just wanted to put my own mind at ease," Webb said. "The doctors that we had talked to said my shoulder was fine, but I just wanted to make sure, so I went and saw Dr. Andrews. He told me that my shoulder looked like a typical pitcher's shoulder and that I should not be worried as long as I kept up my workouts."It's a pretty rare thing to visit Doc Andrews and come away with a positive result -- Webb certainly seems to be fortunate in that regard. However, the simple fact that he visited the most renowned "pitching doctor" in the world and apparently got a green light, yet still wasn't able to get an insurance company to approve his arm is pretty terrifying.
"He said, at the time, that it was just tendinitis and some bursitis," Webb said. "He's seen my shoulder before, so he would know if it's changed over the years. That's why I have so much confidence in what he says."
I don't think Webb is going to be shut down today or tomorrow, or that he's even really that badly off injury-wise, but I do think that, as the old saying goes, where there's
