The Return of Chien-Ming Wang Published: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 4:11 PM Updated: Thursday, July 21, 2011, 6:51 PM By SteveB, nj.com blogger http://blog.nj.com/yankees/2011/07/the_return_of_chien-ming_wang.html Chien-Ming Wang was 7-2 (soon to be 8-2) after two consecutive 19-game winning seasons, and the Yankees were 12-3 in games Wang started. The horror began on June 15, 2008 in the 6th inning of a ballgame in Houston's Minute Maid Park. The Yankees were up 3-0 behind starter Wang, a national hero in his native Taiwan. Wang came up to bat with 1 out and runners on 1st and 2nd. He bunted, but it led to a forceout at third base. Now on first base, Wang ran hard to second base and made it when Johnny Damon's grounder to SS was misplayed. Wang ran hard again and scored when the next batter, Derek Jeter hit a liner through the right side of the infield. But there was a problem- something snapped in Wang's foot. It turned out to be a small bone we never heard of before, something called a lisfranc. Here is the video. Wang's whole world turned upside-down from that point until now. His 2008 season was over. His attempted return to the Yankees' rotation in the spring of 2009 was a disaster. It was said in many places (including right here) that the Yankees mishandled Wang's rehab by not allowing him to keep his legs in shape as the lisfranc healed. By the end of 2009, Wang was released. He was signed by the Washington Nationals for 1 year and spent all of 2010 in rehab. He was re-signed by the Nats for the 2011 season. Finally last month he was ready to pitch in real ballgames. From then until now he has started 5 games in A, AA and AAA levels. Here are his 2011 stats. Overall, Wang, now 31, has pitched reasonably well. He is expected to make one more AAA start next Monday and might make his return to the MLB after that. BTW... his start Monday will be in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, against the Yankees AAA affiliate. It should be interesting. -- ＼｜／ ─●──　 ／ ￣ ＼　⊂⌒⊃ ／｜＼　 ／～～～＼⊂⊃ ⊂⌒⌒⌒⊃／ 人＼＼＼ ⊂⌒⌒⌒⌒⌒⊃ ＼＼＼＼ --

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