The off season has been a nagging one for the left-hander with the impressive pitching arm.

Ballplayers don't retire at 33, but in 1979, with a pitching arm that didn't hurt, he had a 2-9 record.

The pitching arm is the most fragile item in sports.

He had surgery in July 1991, when a tendon from his leg was transplanted to the pitching arm.

When most pitchers release the ball, their pitching arm is somewhere between 10 and 11 o'clock on a watch dial from the catcher's perspective.

But his tired pitching arm made him less of a factor in the postseason, and the Yankees decided to look elsewhere last winter.

However, she ended her career prematurely after developing a sore pitching arm in her last season.

"Thank God, it wasn't my pitching arm," he said as if on cue.

She was gifted with a very strong pitching arm and also was a solid defender at second base.

He retired due to a bad pitching arm.