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A Flawed DiamondChapter 55
The season hadn't started and the Dodgers couldn't get healthy. Joaquin Betancourt, the team's best starter, felt a twinge in his elbow the second full day of camp. A day later he was diagnosed with torn ulnar ligament and was scheduled for the dreaded "Tommy John" surgery. He would miss the next 13 months rehabilitating from the injury. To add insult to injury, Erik Teeter, the No. 2 starter, tore a knee ligament covering first base during Pitcher's Fielding Practice. The team doctor...