Longtime Dodger pitcher Tommy John passed away Saturday at the age of 83. The left-hander posted a remarkable 26-season career in the Major Leagues, more than half coming after the pioneering surgery that now bears his name and forever changed the trajectory of pitching in baseball. A four-time All-Star (1968, 1978-80) and a three-time 20-game winner (1977, 1979, 1980), John ...

Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tommy John has been hospitalized multiple times since he tested positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 13 and is currently on oxygen, according to reporting by The Daily Beast. A bizarre wrinkle to the unfortunate diagnosis is that John’s eldest son Tommy John III has denied and continues to deny the reality of the on-going pandemic.  ...