Word: brogdon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...require immobilization with a cast, splint, or sling. But all too often, cases are treated at home as "pulled muscles." Many of the injuries could be avoided if young pitchers were warmed up properly before going into a game. Says the University of Florida's Dr. Byron G. Brogdon, who has been compiling case histories for the past three years: "The findings suggest that Little Leaguers (ages nine to twelve) and Pony Leaguers (ages 13 to 14) are placed on a pitcher's mound, inspired to maximum efforts by the adulation of their contemporaries and the exhortations...