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Glavine sure surgery is on docket
Veteran to visit Dr. Andrews next week with career up in air
ATLANTA -- Tom Glavine doesn't know if he'll pitch again. But the 300-game winner is quite certain he'll need to undergo elbow surgery after visiting Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., sometime next week.
"I would be surprised, if not shocked, if he doesn't tell me I need to get it [the elbow] fixed," Glavine said.
Based on the many discussions he's had with the Braves' medical staff, Glavine is confident this expected left elbow surgery would be to repair the torn flexor tendon found during an MRI exam in June. The 42-year-old hurler's understanding is that he would need three to four months of rehab, and he would then at least have the opportunity to choose whether he wants to pitch again next season.
If Andrews determines that Glavine needs to undergo the Tommy John elbow ligament transplant surgery that requires at least one year of rehab, the veteran hurler will retire without going through that surgical process. "I wouldn't come back from that kind of surgery right now," Glavine said. "I'd fix the tendon and leave the ligament alone."
so he is gone add another Braves Starter to the list of Tommy John Surgery this year and the Yankees think they got it bad we have had the WORSTluck this year and it will hurt us next year with Hudson out too until late September.
Peter Moylan - Tommy John Surgery
John Smoltz - Tommy John Surgery
Tim Hudson - Tommy John Surgery
Tom Glavine - Tommy John Surgery
Mike Hampton - wouldn't be surprised if he got Tommy John Surgery again