The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.21 (845 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062400371 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jeff Passan is a baseball columnist at Yahoo Sports, where he has worked for the past decade. . He is the coauthor of the critically acclaimed Death to the BCS. He lives in Kansas with his wife and sons
Pitchers are the game’s lifeblood. And he followed two major league pitchers, Daniel Hudson and Todd Coffey, throughout their returns from Tommy John surgery. Yahoo’s lead baseball columnist offers an in-depth look at the most valuable commodity in sports—the pitching arm—and how its vulnerability to injury is hurting players and the game, from Little League to the majors.Every year, Major League Baseball spends more than $1.5 billion on pitchers—five times more than the salary of every NFL quarterback combined. He exposes how the baseball establishment long ignored the rise in arm injuries and reveals how misplaced incentives across the sport stifle potential changes.Injuries to the UCL start as early as Little League. One tiny band of tissue in the elbow, the ulnar collateral ligament, is snapping at unprecedented rates, leaving current big league players vulnerable and the coming generation of baseball-playing children dreading the three scariest words in the sport: Tommy John surgery.Jeff Passan traveled the world for three years to explore in-de
This searing, meticulously reported account of the orthopedic revolution that began with Tommy John is must reading for every manager, general manager, pitcher and, most especially, every parent whose child has 100 mph dreams.” (Jane Leavy, New York Times best-selling author of The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood)“The best baseball book of the year… Jeff Passan spent several years in clubhouses and operating rooms to report The Arm. The Arm is a must-read.” (BookPage Magazine)“This is the most important baseball book in years, not just for major league pitchers like me who had Tommy John surgery but for every parent who wants a child with a healthy arm. A rating.” (Entertainment Weekly)“Jeff Passan’s The Arm is the
The most relevant new baseball book! Amazon Customer Amazingly written book about a subject not often studied in baseballgreat combination of various athletes and topics.. "Baseball Dad Approved" according to Bradley C. Showalter. Did Jeff write this book for me? It sure felt like it as I read it. As the father of a 6 year old who loves playing baseball and has advanced skills, I also am his team's head coach. I worry about how I can teach these boys to throw and pitch correctly so they don't blow their arms out as teens. Jeff covers all areas surrounding arm care including history, science, and technology. Moreover, his style of w. Amazon Customer said 100% of doctors in my household recommend this book!!. I found this work to be very thorough and informative, both as a physician and as a fan of baseball. The depth of research requisite to write this particularly complicated story was as comprehensive, inclusive and thorough as any book I have ever read. Disease, in general, is very layered and complex, far more so than most people believe it to be. Jeff clearly understands the significant layer of nuance a