Reason CC always starts off slow: Hibernation
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 9:26 pm by Jake Fratelli
In the winter season, bears generally cuddle into a cave, holes that they have dug beneath trees, or even in a hollowed out tree, in order to hibernate. This shields them from other animals. It is extremely difficult for bears to find enough food like nuts and berries in winters, and therefore, they go into hibernation to save their energy. The basic purpose of hibernation is to bypass the winter season, during which the food supplies get restricted. Thus, in order to conserve energy, bears do not eat, defecate or urinate during winter lethargy.
After reading this, it becomes quite clear why CC's career numbers happen to look like this:
March/April: 4.54 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 7.0 K/9, 1.96 K/BB, .740 OPS Against
May - October: 3.49 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 7.7 K/9, 2.83 K/BB, .676 OPS Against
Like most brown bears, CC is just a bit groggy and unproductive during the first month after hibernation. Once the weather heats up, so will he.
Awwwwwwww.
*Props to Moses Hightower for also contributing to this post
What’s Teixeira’s excuse?
Brown bear=CC’s new nickname….it works for Scrubs
i’m glad this is the frontal view
This whole team has a habit of sleeping during April. It’s fine by me just as long as they wake up in time for the stretch run into October. Then they can sleep soundly w/ number 28 nestled in their arms.
Joe hit it on the head. It’d be nice to see them go wire to wire this year.
I never hibernated.
LOL Brown Bear…Faaaaaaaaaan-Tastic!
I wonder if he ever asked AJ if he ever gets shit stuck in his fur….
Cody Ransom has a .991 ops in August
EAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEE!
Frank Tanana also blew out his arm throwing too many innings 1 year.
What’s up there, Huggy Bear?!?!?!?!?!?!?
The reason the Yankees got off to a slow start in 2009 is that they spent April playing with their Wang.
If the Yankees need another excuse for a slow start, they should hire a crazy, unqualified trainer who causes everyone to suffer a hamstring injury. It worked wonders in 2007.
I’d rather be surfing. Or gambling, since its night time.
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