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Nash offered his toys to the man, who was eating snacks and taking naps before police showed up
Rest in peace, Tommy John. π€βΎοΈ
Baseball lost a man today whose impact on the game reaches far beyond the numbers he put up.
Tommy John pitched 26 seasons in Major League Baseball, was a four-time All-Star and finished his career with 288 wins and a 3.34 ERA.
In 1974, John tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow, an injury that, at the time, was essentially considered career-ending. He agreed to let Dodgers team physician Dr. Frank Jobe attempt an experimental reconstruction of the ligament, despite being given roughly a 1-in-100 chance of ever pitching again.
He returned to the majors in 1976 and went on to pitch 14 more seasons and win 164 more games, more victories than he had accumulated before the surgery. His willingness to take that chance, endure the rehabilitation and prove a pitcher could return changed what was possible for generations who followed him.
Today, we know that procedure simply as Tommy John surgery. It has saved and extended the careers of countless baseball players and fundamentally changed sports medicine forever.
His name became bigger than one player, one team or one era. Every time a pitcher is told a torn UCL doesnβt have to mean the end of his career, a piece of Tommy Johnβs legacy lives on.
288 wins. 26 seasons. And an impact on baseball that can never truly be measured.
Rest easy, Tommy. Thank you for everything you gave to the game. π€βΎοΈ #repbx #mlb #tommyjohn
Rest in peace, Tommy John. π€βΎοΈ
Baseball lost a man today whose impact on the game reaches far beyond the numbers he put up.
Tommy John pitched 26 seasons in Major League Baseball, was a four-time All-Star and finished his career with 288 wins and a 3.34 ERA.
In 1974, John tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow, an injury that, at the time, was essentially considered career-ending. He agreed to let Dodgers team physician Dr. Frank Jobe attempt an experimental reconstruction of the ligament, despite being given roughly a 1-in-100 chance of ever pitching again.
He returned to the majors in 1976 and went on to pitch 14 more seasons and win 164 more games, more victories than he had accumulated before the surgery. His willingness to take that chance, endure the rehabilitation and prove a pitcher could return changed what was possible for generations who followed him.
Today, we know that procedure simply as Tommy John surgery. It has saved and extended the careers of countless baseball players and fundamentally changed sports medicine forever.
His name became bigger than one player, one team or one era. Every time a pitcher is told a torn UCL doesnβt have to mean the end of his career, a piece of Tommy Johnβs legacy lives on.
288 wins. 26 seasons. And an impact on baseball that can never truly be measured.
Rest easy, Tommy. Thank you for everything you gave to the game. π€βΎοΈ #repbx #mlb #tommyjohn