By now, most baseball fans know the story of Tommy John surgery. In 1974, John -- a solid pitcher for a decade -- blew out his elbow while pitching for Los Angeles against the Montreal Expos. “Blew out his elbow” is not a medical term, of course, but there was no need for medical terms when it came to pitchers in 1974. Once a pitcher tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching arm, he was finished. That was exactly what Tommy John had done.
Gary Nolan Surgery
Gary Nolan Surgery
Gary Nolan Surgery
By now, most baseball fans know the story of Tommy John surgery. In 1974, John -- a solid pitcher for a decade -- blew out his elbow while pitching for Los Angeles against the Montreal Expos. “Blew out his elbow” is not a medical term, of course, but there was no need for medical terms when it came to pitchers in 1974. Once a pitcher tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching arm, he was finished. That was exactly what Tommy John had done.
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