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The surgeon interviewed on the program advocated that curveballs and sliders be outlawed by leagues until at least age 14. They interviewed this little 12 year old and his dad from California, I think. He was getting a TJ job.

His dad said basicly that "I was just trying to keep him up with all the other kids, my bad," by letting him pitch all the time. He's a catcher now.

They interviewed Bob Cluck with the Detroit Tigers. He said that "A bunch of youth coaches have trophies on the their shelves and alot of 14 year olds have already been cheated out of major league careers. It's getting ridiculous."

The program basicly blamed year round baseball, radar guns and parents pushing their kids toward the major leagues with a ten-fold increase in elbow surgery for 10-16 year olds in the past 10 years.
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