I want to provide the players and parents with a "good news" story and possibly help get some other player back on the baseball field. My son is the centerfielder for the University of Virginia, On March 2, 2004, he crashed into the centerfield fence at the University of Richmond going after a deeply hit ball. He sustained multiple injuries but the broken scaphoid bone in his wrist nearly ended his baseball career. After the first surgery with a screw inserted in the bone, it failed to heal. A real nightmare insued from there. Finally, an Othropaepic Surgeon at Yale Medical center in New Haven,CT successfully fixed the bone--a real miracle. Statistically speaking, there are probably ten to fifteen players reading this board that are suffering from this injury. Advice: contact Dr. Joseph Slade at Yale Medical Center (Google his name, and you will find his email and address--and his research and articles). Thanks to all the players and parents who prayed for Mike Mitchell and showed concern for him. He started in the outfield for UVA against UNC yesterday. I have never seen a prettier sight than that kid striking out swinging.
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