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  "title": "Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dies at 83",
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  "published": "2026-08-16T18:58:25.000Z",
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  "summary": "The left-handed MLB pitcher was 31 years old when he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow in 1974, an injury that had been a death knell for pitchers' careers up to that point.",
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        "title": "Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dead at 83",
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        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dead at 83",
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        "title": "Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dead at 83",
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