[Stardust]

What people are not realizing is that often when people complain about sore arms, it is normal and usual to say to rest it for around a month and then start using it again.

I had Tommy John surgery, and actually had it done by the same doctor. At first i had to rest it, and see if it healed on its own. Then after I came back four weeks later, I was throwing fine, thought everything was good. In the middle of a game, I felt something go immediately and walked into his office and he held it in his hand and knew immediately, prior to the huge long needle in my elbow that I was going to need the surgery. It is a grueling rehab and it took me around a year and a half to fully feel better. But I recovered and came back even stronger. This could be a great thing for Volquez. maybe not for the Reds, but def. for him.

It is pointless to blame Kremchek or Dusty for this. People that have to have TJ surgery typically just grew too fast for their ligament to catch up, or have been pitching a long while and the ligament gets worn down. It happens. It isn't a death sentence for a pitcher anymore.

I think you have missed a few posts above. Dusty is either bad for pitchers, or he has Bad luck with pitchers. His history proves that pitchers for him have lost their careers under his leadership. Is that just plain bad luck, or when do you look at the guy responsible? You say that TJ surgery is no big deal, I beg to differ. When your body goes under the knife, you never know how it will react.

If TJ surgery was no big deal, then I beg to say that Mark Pryor and Kerry Wood had terrible rehab under Dusty, because they were ruined after surgery, surgery that had to be done during Dusty's watch!