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Los Angeles Dodgers former pitcher Tommy John praises his late friend, Dr. Frank Jobe, during a memorial service at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, April 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Tommy John remembered as much for pioneering elbow surgery as outstanding MLB career

By Beth Harris - Associated Press

Philadelphia Phillies baseball player Bryce Harper poses Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, in Clearwater, Fla. There is a bridge that runs from Tommy John and Dr. Frank Jobe in 1974, all the way to Shohei Ohtani, Justin Verlander and Bryce Harper. A thread that connects an increasing number of baseball's biggest stars. Mostly on the mound, but at the plate, too. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Tommy John surgery remains a game-changer 50 years later

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

Dr. Frank Jobe remembered at Dodger Stadium

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In a Saturday, July 27, 2013 file photo, Dr. Frank Jobe, known for the development of the historic elbow procedure known as “Tommy John surgery,” is honored during a ceremony at Doubleday Field, in Cooperstown, N.Y. Jobe, a pioneer in the field of sports medicine, died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 in Santa Monica after being hospitalized recently with an undisclosed illness, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was 88. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Sports medicine pioneer Frank Jobe dies at 88

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

Renowned sports surgeon Lewis Yocum dies at 65

By BETH HARRIS - Associated Press

Stephen Strasburg is ready to the return to the majors just over a year after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his elbow. (Associated Press)

Tommy John surgery has Strasburg back in the majors

By Nathan Fenno - The Washington Times