Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg underwent successful Tommy John surgery Friday, the team announced. "He came through it with flying colors," Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo told The Washington Post. "It went smooth and uneventful." The three-hour procedure, performed in Los Angeles by specialist Dr. Lewis Yocum, involved replacing the ulnar collateral ligament in Strasburg's pitching elbow with a tendon from his thigh.
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September 5th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
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