Reply to "John Smoltz's HOF speech on specialization"

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Originally Posted by SultanofSwat:

Originally Posted by TCWPreps:

I want to encourage the families and parents that are out there to understand that this is not normal to have a surgery at 14 and 15 years old, that you have time, that baseball's not a year‑round sport, that you have an opportunity to be athletic and play other sports.

Smoltz' argument makes no sense. He was a multi-sport star and he had TJ surgery.

Smoltz had TJ surgery while a professional athlete. Not at 14-15 years old.

7/28/1510:40 PM

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