CNN Unguarded With Rachel Nichols March 8, 2014 06:43:00
Right-hander john lackey who was just tremendous during the playoffs, he was just one of four pitchers who wouldn't even be playing baseball anymore if not for the procedure called tommy john surgery, named after dr. jobe, the surgery literally changed the entire course of the sport of baseball. and dr. jobe died yesterday at the age of 88, but i am now joined by tommy john, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> tommy, you blew out your arm in 1974, and at the time, what was the prognosis that you got about whether or not you would ever pitch again. >> well, dr. jobe...