9:38PM Wednesday
February 27, 2013

Free agent pitcher Carl Pavano suffered a freak snow shoveling incident in mid-January that forced him to have his spleen removed. And he recently revealed that the accident almost proved to be fatal."I'm just lucky to be alive," said the veteran right-hander.He reportedly spent time at three different hospitals before a doctor finally determined that a splenic embolization needed to be performed.Pavano initially didn't think that the injury was that serious when he jammed his midsection on a shovel handle. He didn't realize that he had lacerated his spleen until four days later. Furthermore, doctors told him at one point that he was living on "borrowed time" after they removed nearly seven liters of blood from his chest cavity and then ultimately removed his spleen on Jan. 19."I was hours away from going into cardiac arrest and probably wouldn't even be here," Pavano said.Pavano, who hasn't pitched in the major leagues since June 1 ...