Dr. Frank Jobe, Tommy John And The Surgery That Changed Baseball Forever

The Surgery That Changed Baseball Forever
DETROIT, MI - MAY 1984: Tommy John #25 of the California Angels pitching during a game against the Detroit Tigers in May 1984 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Ronald C. Modra/Sports Imagery/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - MAY 1984: Tommy John #25 of the California Angels pitching during a game against the Detroit Tigers in May 1984 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Ronald C. Modra/Sports Imagery/Getty Images)

Imagine baseball without Adam Wainwright, Stephen Strasburg or Anibal Sanchez. Imagine that in the not-so-distant past, John Smoltz and David Wells' careers would have just stopped, while many pitchers would never have made it to the majors at all.

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