Back in 1974 when Los Angeles pitcher Tommy John had a 13-3 record before hurting his elbow, who could have guessed that the surgery Dr. Frank Jobe performed on him would save his career? More importantly, this surgery, which repairs the ulnar collateral ligament in the medial elbow by replacing …
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Baseball Hall of Fame – It’s Time To Change How Players Get Elected
It is imperative that all those stepping onto fields everywhere across the land on Opening Day will have a fair shot at the hall based on their numbers. As it stands, that is obviously not the case.
Read More »Baseball’s Indisputable Truth – Hank Aaron’s Home Run Record Is the Real One
Hank Aaron holds MLB’s all-time homer record; another guy named Barry Bonds has higher numbers but his achievement will be forever questioned with an asterisk.
Read More »Baseball’s Opening Day – New Drug Policy Described As Toughest Ever
Players are going to think twice about rubbing that “crème” on their limbs, taking suspicious cough medicines, or popping pills any stronger than a baby aspirin.
Read More »Ralph Kiner Dies – New York City Mourns an Empty Korner
Kiner loved baseball as much and probably more than the fans and the game loved him, and we all knew it and appreciated him even more because of it.
Read More »MLB Expands Use of Instant Replay – Changing the Essence of the Game
Either you love this development, or you feel like I do that we are moving farther away from the game we know and love.
Read More »A-Rod Unleashed – It’s Him Against the Baseball World
As for now the plot seems a bit of a stretch, sort of like something out of the Da Vinci Code. Can we imagine that the New York Yankees and MLB colluded to rid baseball of A-Rod?
Read More »Major League Baseball to Implement Instant Replay Challenge – Why It’s Not Good for the Game
All of you MLB fans who longed for this moment, be careful what you wished for.
Read More »The Wizard of A-Rod – Continues His Sham Even When The Curtain is Parted
Children are not into details and, even if A-Rod is suspended later on, it will seem to the kids like the wizard was spared the rod.
Read More »A-Rod, Braun, Bonds and Company – Nothing But The Hall of Infamy Awaits Them
A-Rod and all the stars who dared to take a syringe to their buttocks in name of performance cared little about the kids who love the game. They cared nothing about setting an example, about playing clean for the love of the game because they don’t love the game.
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