Bodies are fragile and even the best athletes in the world can fall victim to the normal wear and tear of playing a sport professionally. Sports injuries happen. That’s a fact of life. But when does a specific injury rise above the fray and demand greater attention from fans and sports executives? When it becomes an epidemic.
The Arm: Inside the Billion Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports (Amazon, B&N) by Yahoo baseball columnist Jeff Passan, makes the case that elbow injuries in baseball are indeed an epidemic.
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