the almost daily dodger - tommy john

today's effort to thin out the scanned folder results in a post featuring tommy john and his 2005 donruss champions card

john's name is still relevant in the game today, thanks to the revolutionary surgery performed in 1974 that saved his career. john sat out the 1975 season, but returned in 1976 and put up four of the best seasons of his career (pre or post-surgery) from 1977-1980.

unfortunately, hearing his name these days is typically associated with bad news, as in "river ryan will undergo tommy john surgery". i am hopeful that john's name returns to the game at some point with "hall of famer" preceding it, rather than "surgery" following it.