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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky. Got a minute?
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2 ."I've been given an opportunity as one of the only players, the only one right now, to be inducted into the Hall of Fame with Tommy John surgery."
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3 .The great Braves pitcher John Smoltz at his induction ceremony in Cooperstown, NY, yesterday, July 26th.
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4 .He was 34 when he had the procedure in which a damaged ulnar collateral ligament in the arm is replaced by a tendon from another part of the body.
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5 ."It's an epidemic.
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6 .It's something that is affecting our game.
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7 .It's something that I thought would cost me my career,
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8 .but thanks to Dr.James Andrews and all those before him performing the surgery with such precision has caused it to be almost a false-read, like a band-aid you'd put on your arm.
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9 .I want to encourage the families and parents that are out there to understand that this not normal to have a surgery at 14 and 15 years old."
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10 .Smoltz then talked about why he thinks so many kids and early-career pros, wind up needing Tommy John surgery.
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11 ."Every throw a kid makes today is a competitive pitch, they don't go outside, they don't have fun, they don't throw enough.
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12 .But they're competing and maxing out too hard too early, and that's why we're having these problems.
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13 .So please, take care of those great future arms."
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14 .And for any parents considering elective Tommy John surgery in the hope that it'll enhance an already healthy arm and increase the chances of their kid getting to the majors,
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15 .here's what Stan Conte, vice president of medical services for the LA Dodgers, said at a conference of the Society for American Baseball Research in 2014.
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16 ."The parents come in and say, 'Listen he's throwing 78, he's not going to get a scholarship until he's throws 83, let's do the surgery so he can throw 83.'
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17 .This sounds ridiculous, but it's happening on a global scale. It's ridiculous."
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18 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Steve Mirsky.
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