Thursday, January 26, 2006
WHAT'S UP DOC??
A Business deal between the Sox and MGH/Harvard led to the dismissal of Bill Morgan and the Installation of Tom Gill(left) as Red Sox Medical Director
"When I heard it yesterday, that these guys didn't have physicals, I thought, 'What is going on !? This didn't happen on my watch, did it?'" said Dr. William Morgan, the Red Sox's team physician from 1987 to 2004.
"That's unacceptable. Let me put it this way, the only way to really understand what is really going on with a player or a pitcher is to put your hands on them, talk to them and physically examine them. I lend much less credence to studies than to physical examinations. This was a point of discussion between myself and the administration in regards to Pedro Martinez, for example. We had a questionable MRI, but the physical examination was perfect and the performance was perfect."Any physician that does not examine a patient — I don't care if it's a professional baseball player or Joe Blow living down the street — you aren't serving your patient completely."
-Red Sox Hot Stove Trade Rumor Hub
"That's unacceptable. Let me put it this way, the only way to really understand what is really going on with a player or a pitcher is to put your hands on them, talk to them and physically examine them. I lend much less credence to studies than to physical examinations. This was a point of discussion between myself and the administration in regards to Pedro Martinez, for example. We had a questionable MRI, but the physical examination was perfect and the performance was perfect."Any physician that does not examine a patient — I don't care if it's a professional baseball player or Joe Blow living down the street — you aren't serving your patient completely."
-Red Sox Hot Stove Trade Rumor Hub
