HOUSTON – Doubt crept into Nick Burdi’s mind last August, as the end of the season crept nearer, and he his recovering from his latest arm surgery stalled.
“That was the point where I was like, ‘I don’t know if this is ever gonna happen again,’” Burdi told the Sun-Times.
A comeback from two Tommy John surgeries and an operation to treat thoracic outlet syndrome was already a tall task. But last year Burdi underwent an operation to relieve the pressure a piece of scar tissue was putting on the ulnar nerve in his elbow, his fourth arm surgery in six years.