Watching Jeff DaVanon

Jeff is over 30. That lends a certain quality to his character that serves him well. He seems to know that each and every game he plays in, and each year that someone pays him to play baseball, is a bit of a gift. But he probably wonders if the success he is enjoying now might have come to him sooner were it not for the injury he suffered during Spring Training of 2000. He had a labrum tear on his left shoulder and was out the entire season. He is lucky it was on the left, since he throws right. All the same, there is an article about the labrum and how important it is in baseball here