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Originally Posted by ClementeFanOh
the answer to your
question is that surgical repair fixes injury that prevents an athlete from
competing at their earned level. PEDs give the abuser an advantage they
didn't earn or possess in the first place.
Trent King
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Originally Posted by Snapolit1
Generally true, but I have heard anecdotal reports of young kids getting Tommy John as a prophylactic measure before they actually need it. Like "get it out of the way now" kind of logic.
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If Tommy John surgery can add a few MPH to a pitchers' fastball, that gives him an advantage he didn't "earn."
As far as the Hall of Fame debates, and performance technology, give cortisone to Smoky Joe Wood and take it away from Sandy Koufax, and their peak careers might have been the inverse of each other.