Ralph L. Mills MD

Sports Medicine physician/specialist for East Tennessee State University (ETSU) sports currently and for the past 20+ years. Board Certified in Sports Medicine.

[Ralph L. Mills MD @rlmillsmd]

@reronmills That’s truly hilarious. I don’t think you’d get college kids to do it, but if you’re with the Brewers gotta know it might happen.

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@JacobGTownsend @ETSU_MBB We beat South Alabama 91-65. They got in and we didn’t? Something is really, really wrong.

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ETSU Team Physicians and staff from BucSports Medicine were on hand at Neyland Stadium taking care of the Bucs as they took on the Vols Saturday.

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@jacobzanolla @ETSU_Baseball @codymiller_14 @YD_RedSox That Red Sox jersey looks great on Cody!

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@OleTimeHardball Vintage Steve Carlton, maybe had the best lefty slider. In his book, Ted wondered why pitchers didn’t throw the slider more, said it was the hardest pitch to hit. Close seconds: Chris Sale, Koufax, Randy Johnson.

[Ralph L. Mills MD @rlmillsmd]

Shout out @ETSU_MGolf! Congrats for the big SOCON Championship win! Look forward to seeing your NCAA Regional draw!

[Ralph L. Mills MD @rlmillsmd]

@MattHayesCFB @usatodaysports I think you mean Johnny Majors, not Johnny Drum. May need the latter after the spring game today, we'll see...

[Ralph L. Mills MD @rlmillsmd]

As a parent in a baseball-obsessed family, with a near 15 year old player who is highly knowledgeable about his equipment, I’ve bought the latest in USABaseball bats for Little League, and now now the latest BBCOR bats as he’s gotten older. Tripp can tell me from 10 rows up what bat our hometown ETSU player (or opponent) is using, and can usually tell from the TV coverage of SEC games what model the bat being used is. This year for him it’s a Louisville Slugger model, last year a Marucci. And he had to have the Victus Pencil bat, too, which despite looking exactly like an oversized #2 leaded pencil is a really good bat.

But he (and I) are well aware of what’s going on with the new torpedo-shaped bats in MLB and all the damage they are causing to pitchers so far this season. So when our bat vendor of choice, https://t.co/csb9c7Spvk, sent out an email today that they were changing their name to https://t.co/8nkHkIysJU, I bought it hook line and sinker. Went to the website right away to see just how much this bat would cost me before the questions started. I had also read they were not yet readily available to the public.

But there at the bottom of the email was the fine print… “just kidding,” and “torpedoes coming soon.” Got me.

[Tyler Keltner @Tk19_]

Let’s keep kickin’ it

[Ralph L. Mills MD @rlmillsmd]

@ETSUHoopsNation You’d have to ask Mister how he did it, but he had two shots… a quick release floater, AND a hang-in-the air delayed release shot like this one… that are the best I’ve ever seen a guard of any size have.

[Ralph L. Mills MD @rlmillsmd]

Musket Bowl at David Crockett HS tonight vs Daniel Boone HS. By God’s grace this is my 40th doing sports medicine coverage; I started covering these with Dr. Dale Whitson right as we started residency. Back in the day they were in the Dome but the sunset tonight is spectacular!

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@ETSU_MGolf @Delta Oh my goodness! Imagine if you weren’t in the NCAA top-25…!! Was on a trip to Pebble Bch with friends and no kidding one of them had an iron come out on the baggage carousel by itself at San Jose Airport, followed by several other clubs…soft bag cover ripped to shreds.

[Ralph L. Mills MD @rlmillsmd]

Took my son to see Ft. McHenry in late December; he is standing on the outer wall of the fort. Zoom into the panoramic pic, and the Francis Scott Key bridge is easily visible, ~4 miles from the fort and roughly where Francis Scott Key’s boat was that he watched the battle from.

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Here’s a different angle, with our bench, of the end of the ETSU/UTC game

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@Britten1rules @AtlanticMirror_ You know their landing site can be seen from orbit, right?

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@ETSUBucsVoice Need autograph. Is there a NIL fee?

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The Intermediate Solo win wasn’t all Laney wanted, but was still very much worth the trip to the National Baton Twirling Association AYOP Worlds at Notre Dame/South Bend. Her coach, ETSU’s feature twirler Lexi Maust also had a top 11 in Collegiate! She’s big time! Congrats both!

[Ralph L. Mills MD @rlmillsmd]

Last evening we lost our beloved 15 year old dog, Barkley. He came a year before the twins arrived, just in time to help us raise them. Words cannot really express what he has meant to us, but we’ve all decided that he would want it known that he never bit anybody on purpose.

[Ralph L. Mills MD @rlmillsmd]

Basketball royalty in the house at Freedom Hall tonight with former NBA and Arkansas great Darrell Walker, who is the head coach of Arkansas-LR. Won a NBA ring with the Bulls in 1993. Another great, former Alabama great T. R. Dunn sang the National Anthem.