While fans were wondering why CC Sabathia chose the week of the AL wild-card game to enter rehab for alcohol addiction, he and his wife, Amber, were firm in their decision. He needed the help and he needed it now.
“I think everybody else was trying to figure out the timing, but I wasn’t really interested in that,” said Sabathia, who seemed relaxed, healthy and happy Thursday night before watching his children walk in the Kids Rock! fashion show, whose proceeds will go to his charitable foundation, PitCCh In. “I wasn’t really interested in that. I just wanted to get some help and do what was right for me and my family.