The Warriors had an unusually high number of fielding errors (8) in last Sunday's game against Oak Forest. However, even the greatest players make errors.The great lefthanded pitcher, Tommy John, once made three errors on a single play! A ball was tapped back to the mound and John had trouble getting a handle on it. The batter was safe at first on the error. John then fired the ball past the first baseman down the rightfield line for his second error of the play.
As a runner was rounding third to score, the rightfielder threw the ball into the infield and John fielded the throw which landed in the infield. He then made another throwing error attempting to retire an advancing runner!
Tommy John later had surgery to repair a ligament in his pitching arm. The surgery was revolutionary at the time and was named "Tommy John Surgery". Many pitchers have undergone Tommy John surgery over the years.
John won 288 games in the Major Leagues. He is the winningest pitcher in baseball history not to be elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.
