Another pitcher is seemingly destined for Tommy John surgery. Mere hours after reporting that Oakland A's starting pitcher A.J. Griffin had had a setback in his recovery from flexor tendinitis in his right elbow, the fact that Griffin is set to have the surgery on Tuesday was reported by Joe Stiglich, A's inisder for Comcast Sports Net...
It was announced Monday night that White Sox pitcher Chris Sale was headed for the 15-day disabled list. Unlike the long list of pitchers before him, however, he does not have ligament damage but a flexor strain. In 2014 that is especially good news for a pitcher suffering from elbow soreness. It makes him extremely lucky, but let's...
New York Yankees' starting pitcher Ivan Nova is the latest in a very long list of pitchers to land on the 15-day disabled list. He exited Saturday's loss, to the Tampa Bay Rays, in the fifth inning with elbow soreness. We've learned by the many pitchers this season to have elbow soreness that this is almost always a very bad...
It's a good question really. What do crazy fans who attend almost every ballgame do when their team is on a long road trip? Right now my Oakland A's will have been gone 10 full days when they return Friday to take on the Houston Astros. (I threw out the ceremonial first pitch to Ryan Cook at the first A's vs. Astros game in 2013 but that...
Right-handed pitcher Joel Hanrahan may be nearing a deal with a Major League Baseball club very soon. Hanrahan is currently working his way back from Tommy John and flexor tendon surgery that he received last year on May 16. He had only pitched 71/3 innings for the Boston Red Sox before injuring his throwing arm and ended the season...
As the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser reported,
"The Athletics are having a very poor week for pitchers' health."
She is certainly not kidding. First, starter A.J. Griffin was diagnosed with flexor tendinitis in his throwing elbow and is reported to be out for at least the next three weeks. Around the same time Oakland's...
Hope is a part of baseball. One of my favorite things about baseball is that there are games almost everyday year-round and for all big-time baseball fans that accounts for about six to seven months of the year, for some much more. Even when your team is eliminated in the playoffs so close to the World Series, every fan can take...
In 1968 Dr. Frank Jobe joined the Los Angeles Dodgers medical staff by becoming their resident orthopedic surgeon. It was not until 1974 when Los Angeles starting pitcher Tommy John severely damaged the ligament in his throwing elbow that Dr. Jobe would make one of the most significant contributions to modern...
Four Starting Pitchers Go Down to Elbow Injuries in One Week
Personally I think that it HAS to be some kind of disease that is spreading across the country. I'm serious. Well, not exactly about the "disease" aspect but something is going on around Major League Baseball. In recent years more and more players, especially pitchers have...
Things in the pitching department are suddenly not looking so good for the Atlanta Braves. Their ace Kris Medlen had to leave Sunday's game against the New York Mets. He grabbed his elbow after throwing the first pitch to Matt Clark with two outs in the fourth inning. He was taken off the field by the trainers immediately....
