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There is one name managers hate to hear
mentioned when talking about their pitchers: Dr. James Andrews.
Because seeing Andrews likely means that a member of their pitching staff has a serious arm problem and, more often then not, requires Ulnar Collateral Ligament reconstruction surgery, as it is known in medical jargon. Or, as it is more commonly known, Tommy John surgery. The procedure ...
In the Giants' five decades in San Francisco,
Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax had nothing on Greg
Maddux. Nor did Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton. Nor Tom Seaver, Orel Hershiser, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz. A Giants nemesis of historic proportions, Maddux has handled orange-and-black-clad batters more than any other pitcher since the Giants moved west in 1958, and here's an update on his future:
It appears that we may have found the
Holy Grail for "greatness" and Hall of Fame inclusion:
recording the most wins over a span of five years. A study of the win leaders in all five-year periods of baseball history supports this conjecture.
Sandy Koufax is my favorite old-time pitcher —
old-time, of course, referring to those gray-haired men who
played before I was born. It’s all about our own reference points, isn’t it? You know what Carlin said: The ...
Jayson Stark from ESPN brings his Rumblings and
Grumblings to the DL to talk (what else) BASEBALL!
If you’ve ever read Stark’s work, you know that he writes like he talks and his enjoyment for the game really comes out in his columns. He’s ...


Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction Surgery