Originally Posted by
rico43
Probably a miracle that he pitched at all. As a kid, jumped/slipped off a garage roof attempt to jump in a pool and slipped, breaking both wrists. Also, while walking through woods at 4 a.m., was bitten twice by a copperhead and survived without treatment.
After his pitching career ended with a brief go with the Twins in 2011, he spent part of 2012 in the Mets' farm system. He was released on July 5th and officially retired shortly thereafter.
His surgery for both a torn labrum and rotator cuff stemmed from injuring it in 2007 and pitching with damage when the MRI failed to detect a problem.
He then returned to his other career. As a rookie and young ace of the Braves staff, James was frequently the source of humor in that he worked at Lowe's in the offseason. Well, it turns out that it was because he's a pretty good salesman. Beginning late in 2012, he began a career with Window World and still does that while living in Paulding County.