Returns from Tommy John surgery may seem routine. Recovery can be full of grief, angst and isolation
OAKLAND, Calif. — One August morning in 2022 while all alone at the Oakland Coliseum, Daulton Jefferies plopped down in the grass and wept. The pitcher cried for a good 45 minutes. Six years after becoming a first-round draft pick and days after his 27th birthday, he contemplated giving up baseball altogether — a first … Read more
