Det News: Tigers’ Sheffield not in lineup; wants doctors to look at shoulder

It’s all in the timing…as Dr. Frank Thomas has made himself available.

Tigers’ designated hitter Gary Sheffield wants team doctors to check out his sore right shoulder.

Not in Sunday’s starting lineup against the Toronto Blue Jays, Sheffield said “when you have the surgery I had, you’re going to have your good days and bad days. I kind of rushed it. I have work to do. I’m just trying to get it stronger.

“It was major surgery, and I have to get it to a point where I’m comfortable. Obviously I’m not,” he said.

“I want to get it looked at. I want to know what’s really going on, like exactly how much scar tissue I really need to break up—because it feels strange playing baseball when you can’t do what you’re capable of doing.

“It doesn’t hurt as much as it did, but it still doesn’t give me the range of motion that I need. When I try to swing harder, it slows it down even more. I didn’t know it was going to be this tight.”