Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Dr. James Andrews

According to Deadspin, Dr. James Andrews, the guy who does most of the Tommy John surgeries, had a heart attack today and is supposedly in intensive care, but is stable. This begs one very important question; who will fix Zach Duke's elbow when he blows it out this year?

All kidding aside, Andrews is probably one of, if not the most, important non-baseball person in the MLB. Just about every pitcher who's had Tommy John surgery has gone to him and thusly had their careers extended. He may not have invented the surgery (Frank Jobe did), but he's certainly perfected it. Hopefully he'll be OK.