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#Yankees’ CC Sabathia: I would be ‘bad teammate’ right now

#Yankees’ CC Sabathia: I would be ‘bad teammate’ right now

August 1, 2020 | 5:26am

“I’d be such a bad teammate right now,” CC Sabathia, a Hall of Fame teammate throughout his 19 years in Major League Baseball, said Friday evening while laughing.” I would be complaining about everything. It’s almost good in a way that I’m not in there right now just because of everything that’s going on.”

The slimmed-down lefty is still here right now, though, just not full-time. The Yankees’ special advisor, who retired at the end of last season, threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the team’s home-opening 5-1 win over the Red Sox at the Stadium. And he’s still acting like a teammate, counseling the players as they receive more institutional support to make statements about social justice. Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Hicks both knelt during the national anthem before the Yankees’ July 25 game at Washington.

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“I talk to a lot of guys across the league, from Mookie Betts to Tim Anderson to Dexter Fowler to Hicksy and G,” said Sabathia, who appeared with these players and others in The Players Alliance public-service announcement. “So I’m pretty involved. It’s been awesome to be a part of what these guys have going on. I think the time is right to make a stand and try to make some change. Anything that they want to get together and do with peaceful protest, I think we’re all for. So it’s just been fun to be in some of those conversations.”

The coronavirus has limited the scope of Sabathia’s new gig. “Obviously not having a minor-league season kind of hurts whatever I was going to do, trying to go down and help guys and see the guys,” he said. “So I look forward to picking that up whenever everything resumes and gets back to whatever normal’s going to be.”

This current brand of normal, as Sabathia indicated, would not appeal to him. “So I commend these guys for going out and playing obviously during this pandemic,” he said, “but I don’t know if it would be for me. So it’s best that I’m in the role that I’m in.”

He confirmed that with his actions as well as his words. Sabathia’s first pitch bounced before reaching his catcher Gerrit Cole.

“That’s the furthest I’ve thrown a ball since that playoff game,” Sabathia said referring to Game 4 of last year’s American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium, when he walked off the mound in agony after injuring his arm. “Obviously I’m not ready to throw from a mound yet, so it reinforces my decision to retire.”

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