He takes us on a journey to answer a question that has puzzled many who love there national pastime: why do so many pitchers break down?
Most interesting in this boJeff Passan has written an in-depth look at one of the biggest failures in baseball: the pitcher's arm. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
I enjoyed the author's use of personal stories to illustrate the process from injury to rehabilitation to eventual recovery (or not). I have my son do core exercises and he is beginning to use cables to strengthen his arm and shoulder area. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.Something went wrong. I returned to the book today and finished before 11 p.m. Passan's mixture of storytelling and information synthesis works well for those who are more than passing fans of baseball. The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports The follow up question is equally important.
He follows personal stories of several who have had Tommy John surgeries (which is an epidemic in itself), chides youth elite baseball for damaging arms as early as year 9 and 10, and scouts all over the world to see if anyone is close to solving this problem. We can stop the cycle of abuse of pitching arms and injuries. He explains that without a drastic shift in how baseball thinks about its talent, another generation of pitchers will fall prey to the same problem that vexes the current one.
Welcome back. I guess my conclusion is that a healthy arm is just table stakes for a pitcher, which seems obvious but it also made the book less interesting.
He examined what compelled the Chicago Cubs to spend $155 million on one arm.
You can read my thoughts on it for that audience here: Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in advance of the publication date in order to review it on the baseball blog that I run. Great book! And he followed two major league pitchers, Daniel Hudson and Todd Coffey, throughout their returns from Tommy John surgery. The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in SportsThis shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.
It is fascinating.
Despite all the hard work of everyone Passan interviews and reports on, and despite his own hard work, the answer still isn't clear, but that in itself is interesting. My long time dream of pitching in the major leagues is not yet dead). She was informed by her uncle Ben and aunt May that she was the only person able to carry on the project, and accepted the responsibility, allowing the radioactive spider that formed the other half of SP//dr's CPU to bite her. by Harper The young adult genre continues to lead literature in embracing new voices, championing all types of diversity, and, well, just really app...The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in SportsIn writing this book, Jeff Passan set out to answer two questions: In writing this book, Jeff Passan set out to answer two questions: This book - written by a sports journalist - was one large stage to drop names. It describes the history of the surgery itself, how pitching (and baseball) has changed over time -- especially how it has changed relative to the training, maintenance, use, and recovery of pitchers. Jeff Passan has written an in-depth look at one of the biggest failures in baseball: the pitcher's arm. Please try again
This book - written by a sports journalist - was one large stage to drop names. Very detailed and informative book.
It does focus on just one current aspect of this game but it is an aspect central to so much that concerns who wins and who loses--both the players and management and primarily where the money goes and why. Similar to the concussion issue in Football, it's probably time to stop thinking about your own bottom line and start making sure we are able to keep players', and kids, arms healthy. I wouldn't know enough to argue. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The epidemic of Tommy John surgeries throughout professional baseball is well known if you're into such things, but kids as young as 13-14 are having this operation as well. Techniques in the surgery itself have improved and rehab programs have as well.
Pitchers are the game’s lifeblood.
While he finds some solutions, the beauty in this book is the realization that not everything can be fixed.
I have been a huge baseball fan for almost 30 years and have come to accept Tommy John surgery as a commonplace part of the game.
Start right now with tales of a vendor's life from the world famous ballpark. He examined what compelled the Chicago Cubs to spend $155 million on one arm. Beware if you are a parent of a youth baseball pitcher, this may change your thoughts on their future. Passan went to Japan to understand how another baseball-obsessed nation deals with this crisis. So, the book is an interesting survey of the problem, but it doesn't make the effort to draw much in the way of useful conclusions. His ability to create an understandable assessment of a very, very complex problem makes this book very worthwhile.
Arm care is a significant issue for pitchers at every stage of development.