Another Man Down! Jose Fernandez and Save the Cannons
Down goes Jose Fernandez.
Tommy John surgery.
Dang.
This one hits close to home.
Jose is from right here in Tampa—Alonso High School. My three sons have all played for a rival school across the county. Until this year, we were in the same district. I have never met Jose, but a few kids from Alonso work out at The ARMory, and Jose was a dominant pitcher in our area for three years, helping his team win two state championships.
As soon as the news of his injury broke, the...
SOS! Here’s the 411 on the 911 of Arm Injuries
I’m from Tampa, and since the day I sat in Tropicana Field’s left field bleachers and watched Wilson Alvarez spike the first pitch in team history, I have been a HUGE Tampa Bay Rays Fan.
I suffered through the doldrums of the Vince Namoli era.
(Not exactly sure what our team colors were)
I was equally amused and embarrassed when Wade Boggs dropped to his knees and kissed home plate after his 3000th hit.
And I rejoiced and jumped through my ceiling...
“You Could Never Be A Big League Pitching Coach”
Monday thru Friday at 7:00 am I run a class for current, former or projected professional pitchers. Some of the students have been in the big leagues. Others are minor leaguers who are looking to advance to the show, and some are college graduates who went undrafted and are trying to hook up with independent professional teams. All have the same dream--to make it to the show. The class was full all winter, but now that the pro season has begun, and the extended spring training pitchers...
ARMVALANCHE!!! Pushing Back Against the Cascade of Injuries
In the early spring of 1994, Kathy and I decided to leave the Air Force and settle in The Tampa Bay Area. We found a nice house to buy--the same one we currently live in. She chose it because the two story colonial style reminded her of her hometown of Charleston, SC.
We applied for a VA loan to finance the $118,000 asking price. On a Captain's salary we needed to trim some expenses to qualify. I took on some extra work moonlighting as a home care physical therapist, and we used the extra...
DJ Missile!!!!
Said goodbye to a new friend yesterday. Allow me to introduce you to DJ Mitchell.
He has been training at The ARMory for the last 4 weeks.....every day....at 7:00 am....
DJ is a 26 year old professional baseball player.
A right handed pitcher who played in the big leagues for the New York Yankees, he was named the Yankees 2011 minor league pitcher of the year and made his major league debut in June of 2012.
In July of that same year, he was traded for this guy.
Through a...
Save the Cannons: Developing Throwing Ability While Keeping young Arms Safe and Healthy
Unless you live under a rock, you have to be aware of the rash of elbow injuries MLB players. Rays fans here in Tampa are all waiting anxiously for new from lefty phenom Matt Moore's visit to Dr. James Andrews.
I saw the game when he got hurt.
I'm betting UCL tear.
I just heard Dr. Andrews being interviewed on MLB radio about the contributing factors to the recent epidemic. One of the things he spoke about was the fact that the injuries we are seeing are the end line of a process that...
And Here’s How Poor Deceleration Can Tear Your UCL
Hello again,
Yesterday I shared with you my research about how a poor deceleration pattern can be a significant contributor to anterior shoulder pain and can eventually lead to a labrum tear.
When I texted Coach Wolforth about my revelation, he suggested that poor decel could also contribute to medial elbow/UCL issues.
Remember his response?
I've thought that for some time.... I also believe poor decel can also contribute to medial elbow...
Poor Deceleration Can Tear Your Labrum and Your UCL
When I graduated from high school, I can honestly say that I probably hadn't completely read more than 30 books in my entire lifetime.
And the only thing that got me even close to that
number was the phase I went through in the 6th and 7th grade when I read every baseball biography and every volume of the Encyclopedia Brown series in our school library.
The reason I didn't read much?
Nothing interested me.
But now things are very different.
Call me a nerd if you want, but now I...
DECLINED : MLB Injuries Highlight an Epidemic in Baseball
Most of us have been there at some point in our lives.
You meet someone you really like and invite her out for an amazing meal at a classy restaurant. The conversation is stimulating. She laughs at all your jokes. You are on your game. Clearly she's impressed. You start to think you might have found "the one".
The waiter brings the check in that little leather bound folder. You quickly glance at the bottom line and reach into your wallet to pull out your credit card. You know you've...
