Though Jamie Moyer insists his baseball use is purely recreational and he could stop whenever he wanted, family and friends expressed concern that the free agent pitcher suffers from what one family member describes as a “crippling addiction to baseball.”

“This is the second time in a matter of months he’s been put in the hospital, but he’s already talking about doing baseball as soon as he’s out,” said longtime friend and teammate Raul Ibanez. “That’s all he talks about now: Where he’ll do it, how long he’ll do it and who he’ll do it with. It breaks my heart.”

An intervention was held on Tuesday to address Moyer’s problem, but the 48-year-old told everyone “[he] don’t need no help” before leaving to sell his body for a 1-year contract.