Profiles In Sports

In basic medical terms, it’s an ulner collateral ligament replacement procedure. In more understandable baseball terms, it’s Tommy John Surgery. A medical operation that is certainly one of the hot-button issues in the game today has its origins back to 1974, when Los Angeles Dodgers team physician Dr. Frank Jobe and left-hander Tommy John collaborated on a revolutionary treatment with the hopes of saving John’s pitching elbow as well as his Major League career. It became a wondrous success – and baseball has never been the same since. For more on Tommy John’s career and his “Let’s Do It” Foundation, visit tommyjohn25.com. Photo courtesy of horsehidetrivia.blogspot.com Audio clips courtesy of NBC Sports, MLB Productions, WAVY-TV Hampton Roads, and Fox Sports 1