The arm / Passan, Jeff

Offers an in-depth look at the value of a healthy pitching arm in baseball, the danger of injury to the ligaments of the elbow as pitchers try to pitch faster and harder, and the epidemic of Tommy John surgery needed to repair the injured elbow.

The Yahoo Sports lead columnist and author of Death to the BCS examines the franchise lifeblood role of pitchers in Major League Baseball and the considerable vulnerability of pitching arms, drawing on rare interviews with Daniel Hudson, Todd Coffey and Sandy Koufax to share insights into the impact of injuries on careers and teams.