A Changing Game Demands Changing Methods December 6, 2018 Heather Article, Research What if I told you the pace of play dilemma or MLB’s attendance decline are two small features of a much larger issue? In order to see what lies beneath the surface of concerns that Major League Baseball currently faces, we must take a deeper look into why the game has changed so drastically over […] Continue reading
Who Broke Shohei Ohtani? June 11, 2018June 14, 2018 Heather Article, Will Carroll The news of Shohei Ohtani’s elbow sprain came as a blow not just to the Los Angeles Angels, but to baseball as a whole. Ohtani is a world wide star who’s two-way success was like nothing in baseball over the past few decades. As always, the question for any pitcher facing an extended period of […] Continue reading
The Positional Unknown of Elbow Injuries May 14, 2018May 29, 2018 Heather Article, Research The Tommy John epidemic continues in baseball, but position players have long seemed immune. That’s not entirely true, with several position players over the years, including some stars, damaging their ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) enough to require the surgery. The most recent is Dodgers’ star shortstop Corey Seager, who’s gone from Rookie of the Year and […] Continue reading
Surgery: What To Do When Things Go Wrong October 25, 2017 Heather Article, Will Carroll For athletes, surgery often feels like failure. A blown elbow ligament. A knee that buckled. A bone that snapped. All that training, time, and passion is gone. Except it’s not. Surgery is a setback, not an end in most cases. The advances in surgery and rehab in just the twenty years I’ve been covering sports […] Continue reading