Gaining an edge
July 20th, 2007 by Cliffy
I got this passed along to me via e-mail, and the source of this excerpt is unknown, but I’ve got to pass it along (without comment, for now)….
“While examining a 17-year-old pitcher for a knee injury last year in Nashville, Dr. Damon H. Petty was asked a chilling question by the teenager and his father: If reconstructive elbow surgery were performed on his healthy throwing arm, might he gain some speed on his fastball?
Dr. Petty said he dissuaded them, explaining that was a myth, a “dangerous notion to entertain,” and that ligament reconstruction on a healthy arm would not improve his pitching “one iota.”"