Reply to "Now campaigning against Tommy John surgery .... Tommy John"

MrBumstead1,000+ posts

Mine played three sports per year all but one year from 2nd grade through 12th. Was mostly a position player until high school; didn't become a PO until the summer before his junior year, and even then didn't carry a high inning load.

Still ended up with TJS 2 months after his 18th birthday. Dr. said it looked like a very slow, progressive tear that probably started when he was 12 or 13.

In other words, nothing TJ said in the article about preventing TJS would have prevented him from having TJS.

Everyone wants a simple solution. But correlation does not equal causation.

6/12/183:33 PM

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