3:38PM Saturday
March 9, 2013

Scott Proctor is attempting to land back on a Major League roster this season with the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants. He hasn't had any measure of success in the league since 2007, when he played for the rival Dodgers. Prior to that, he had what could be a described as a love-hate relationship with New York Yankees fans, as he was the most used pitcher on the staff for two-straight years with varying results. His up-and-down play was blamed on former Yankee skipper Joe Torre for using Proctor too often, causing him to throw out what was at the time a very active arm. But Proctor says that him throwing too much wasn't the problem, is was drinking too much. "I think some things that happened and some poor choices on how I lived my life led to it more than anything," he said. Part of that was not eating right or sleeping enough, the basics of being a good athlete, but that was not the killer. He said he had a "serious drinking problem," a binge drinker who stoppe...