Ramon Ortiz sad ending

[Scott34]

Ramon Ortiz just threw a pitch, then slammed his glove on the ground in obvious pain. 

 

Proceeded to sit on the back of the mound in tears, knowing his career is likely over.

 

Gotta feel for him.

[gotbeer]

That sucks.  I remember when he was the Angels next ace.

[Erstad Grit]

Dude really persevered through a lot of AAA games to make this comeback. Never forget him out dueling Pedro. 

[Kenny]

Shoot, that sucks to hear.  Sad that he never broke out like he was supposed to.  But to tell the truth, I thought he was done years ago.  Had no clue he was still playing.

 

There goes the biggest ears in the game.

[Ray McKigney]

Ramon Ortiz just threw a pitch, then slammed his glove on the ground in obvious pain. 

 

Proceeded to sit on the back of the mound in tears, knowing his career is likely over.

 

Gotta feel for him.

 

Where/when did this happen?

[Scott34]

Today for the Blue Jays.

[Angel Oracle]

Ortiz deserves mad props for persevering.

[mbn]

Hate to see that, but the guy is 40.  He was on borrowed time for a pro ball player

[Jeff M]

That sucks. I met his wife at a game back in '02. Nice lady.  I always pulled for the guy, even after he left Anaheim.

[Brandon]

Yeah, him out pitching Pedro was one of my all time Angels moments. Then we and the media anointed him little Pedro and it was never the same....but there was always that one game.

[ScottT]

Little did we know he was 24 when he struck out 225 batters in Low A... and 26 when he made his MLB debut.  Can't blame him for doing that, though, and it helped his career greatly.  Who knows if he ever would have made it otherwise.  One of my favorite Ramon Ortiz moments was him speaking after the World Series victory parade.  Don't know what he said, but he was clearly excited.  

[Homebrewer]

Unless he was stupid, at 40, after a relatively long MLB career, he has a few mil packed away.

If not, well...

[Brent Maguire]

Just saw this on Quick Pitch. Gotta feel for a guy who kept trying to make it back, then proceeds to do that. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I always hate to see a guy's career end like that, especially someone who worked so hard to hang on.

[Amazing Larry]

Just saw the replay. Man that was tough to watch.

[wopphil]

It has to be hard for these guys to reach the end. Some of them go from being among the best in the business to being out of it in just a few years. Most of us can't sympathize with that because we continue to get better at our professions well past our 30s and 40s.

[yk9001]

I always liked Ramon.

[ScottT]

Good news for Ramon, but who knows.  It may have been his last appearance whether he got hurt or not.

 

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/eye-on-baseball/22356650/good-news-mri-shows-no-tear-in-ramon-ortizs-elbow

[CaliAngel]

Also on ESPN if you look up his Career Stats. 

 

"Ortiz had an MRI that showed no tears in his injured elbow and he will be re-evaluated after swelling reduces, Gregor Chisholm of MLB.com reports. (about 2 days ago)"

 

Hope he gets another shot. But with how some guys are, he might be the type that just has a hard time saying good-bye. 

 

I understand this may be rough, but he DID win a World Series and has a ring. Something some people never get to do. 

 

I had no clue he was even still pitching.