Ex-MLB pitcher Tommy John, namesake of pioneering surgery, dies
Tommy John, the pitcher whose name became synonymous with a revolutionary surgery, has died at 83.
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Tommy John, the pitcher whose name became synonymous with a revolutionary surgery, has died at 83.
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