[drizzy]

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!

And again, i will tell you, as someone who has had the surgery that I'd know from first hand experience. I know TJ surgery is a big deal; any surgery is. But if you rehab correctly, you WILL come back stronger and more confident. If Pryor and Wood rehabbed badly, then it would not be Dusty's fault at all. It would be the trainer, and the pitchers themselves, as the rehab is largely a bunch of exercises you must do at home and have the self discipline to do every single night routinely. Many people don't do this right.

the surgery is becoming more and more common. In fact many pitchers are having it JUST to add mph's and strength to their arms.

The unfortunate truth about Cincinnati fans, and I've lived all over the US and every city has them, but the vast majority of Cincinnati fans find everything and anyone to blame for the Reds and the Bengals being a bust.