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Read this story about Nolan Ryan. I got to wondering if he ever had to have the TJ surgery cause as you older guys like me can remember he threw some gas. He had a rubber arm. Here it is:

As the 1986 season came to an end, the pain continued to throb in Nolan Ryan's right elbow. Finally, he relented. Ryan visited Dr. Frank Jobe and was told there was a ligament tear in the elbow. Jobe suggested Tommy John surgery.

Ryan balked.

He would turn 40 during the offseason. He'd already had a fulfilling career. And doctors were still refining the elbow surgery that Jobe made famous after treating lefty Tommy John successfully about a decade earlier.

"It was a 15-18-month recovery back then, and at my age that didn't make any sense," he said.

Ryan had such a stringent offseason workout routine to maintain his strength that he didn't feel he could keep his focus if he knew he would miss at least a full season, most likely more.

"Dr. Jobe said there might be scar tissue that would hold [the ligament together]," Ryan recalled. "I decided to go home and see what would happen. Around Dec. 15, it quit hurting. Then it was sore the first 10 days in Spring Training, but it went away, and the rest is history."
 
#209,763
#209,763
gobravesvols16 said:
Read this story about Nolan Ryan. I got to wondering if he ever had to have the TJ surgery cause as you older guys like me can remember he threw some gas. He had a rubber arm. Here it is:

As the 1986 season came to an end, the pain continued to throb in Nolan Ryan's right elbow. Finally, he relented. Ryan visited Dr. Frank Jobe and was told there was a ligament tear in the elbow. Jobe suggested Tommy John surgery.

Ryan balked.

He would turn 40 during the offseason. He'd already had a fulfilling career. And doctors were still refining the elbow surgery that Jobe made famous after treating lefty Tommy John successfully about a decade earlier.

"It was a 15-18-month recovery back then, and at my age that didn't make any sense," he said.

Ryan had such a stringent offseason workout routine to maintain his strength that he didn't feel he could keep his focus if he knew he would miss at least a full season, most likely more.

"Dr. Jobe said there might be scar tissue that would hold [the ligament together]," Ryan recalled. "I decided to go home and see what would happen. Around Dec. 15, it quit hurting. Then it was sore the first 10 days in Spring Training, but it went away, and the rest is history."
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Nolan Ryan was a freak. An alien. God gave him the greatest right arm in history.
 
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Know it's very early into the season. But seeing Acuna striking out at the clip he is, isn't ideal at all. Had 84 ks all of last season. And already has 13ks in his first 33 at bats
 
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