Tigers' Zumaya On Injury: 'I Thought That Was My Last Bullet'
The dark circles under Joel Zumaya's eyes Tuesday bore evidence to one of the darkest, most arduous nights of his young life.
"Crying in front of 40,000 people is pretty weak," he said. "But I was in a lot of pain and I felt like I had nobody on my side. Me and my wife (Rachel) talked all night and I asked that question over and over why is this happening to me? She tried to tell me things, but there's no answer. I really thought that was my last bullet. I thought my career was over."
Zumaya said it felt like his right elbow "exploded, like somebody took a hammer and just shattered it" in the eighth inning against the Twins on Monday. His first thought -- once he could think beyond the pain -- was that he would never pitch again.
