Los Angeles Dodgers former pitcher Tommy John praises his late friend, Dr. Frank Jobe during a memorial service at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles Monday, April 7, 2014. Dr. Frank Jobe, was the surgeon who pioneered the elbow procedure that became known as Tommy John surgery and saved the careers of countless pitchers. Jobe died last month at 88. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Damian DovarganesAt 76 years old, Tommy John is alive to talk about it and, as a primer for those who aren’t familiar with his career, the relatively soft-tossing lefthander won 288 games, including 164 after his then- revolutionary surgery in 1974.