Yankees' CC Sabathia checking into alcohol rehabilitation center

[joeybee12]

NEW YORK -- Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia is checking himself into an alcohol rehabilitation center and will miss the postseason, he announced Monday.

"Today I am checking myself into an alcohol rehabilitation center to receive the professional care and assistance needed to treat my disease," Sabathia said in a statement. "I love baseball and I love my teammates like brothers, and I am also fully aware that I am leaving at a time when we should all be coming together for one last push toward the World Series.

"It hurts me deeply to do this now, but I owe it to myself and to my family to get myself right. I want to take control of my disease, and I want to be a better man, father and player."

The Yankees host the Houston Astros in the AL wild-card game on Tuesday night.

http://espn.go.com/newyork/mlb/story/_/id/13815560/cc-sabathia-newyork-yankees-checking-alcohol-rehabilitation-center

Hope it helps.

[hughee99]

1. I wonder if the Yankees told him to go ahead

And start his rehab, since they would get to the point where they needed him to pitch anyway.

[joeybee12]

2. I also wonder if he did something and this was some sort

of under the table pela baragin the Yankees made with the police to keep it quiet...