Reaction to the death of Tommy John
— New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole, who had Tommy John surgery in 2025. — former major league pitcher and New York Mets color commentator Keith Hernandez on SportsNew New York telecast.
Tommy was a wonderful person who competed to the utmost and did what no player had ever done to save his career, in conjunction with the esteemed Dr. Frank Jobe.
Baseball legend Tommy John dies at 83
- Tommy John, 26-year pitcher & everlasting baseball icon, dies at 83 Yahoo Sports —
- Tommy John Dies at 83 Days After Farewell Letter Thanking Surgeon Who ‘Saved My Arm’ Yahoo Sports —
- Reaction to the death of Tommy John The Philadelphia Inquirer —
- Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dead at 83 Chicago Sun-Times —
- Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dies at 83 NPR —