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The latest report of Mets ace Johan Santana possibly needing surgery reminds me of the dangers of throwing a wiffleball too hard. After taking their turn on the mound, some MLW players would complain of a sore arm or shoulder. Over the years, a few players even had to miss some games to give their pitching arm rest because it hurt too much to throw.

The likely reason is that we were throwing around a practically weightless plastic baseball, often as hard as we could. Since we had to cram in a 20-game regular season in about a 7-week span, we were pitching 3 or 4 times a week. After a few weeks, the pain started to develop.

We were hoping the rumors weren’t true, but ESPN has confirmed that a trade is pending between the Minnesota Twins and New York Mets that will send Johan Santana to The Big Apple for four prospects.

Of all the Major League Baseball players we’ve met, Santana has been the biggest wiffleball fan.

Although the trade sends him [...]

New York Mets Tom Glavine, John Maine, and Julio Franco spent nearly two hours playing wheelchair wiffleball yesterday against disabled students at the Henry Viscardi School in Albertson, NY. The Mets trio played the game sitting in wheelchairs and lost, 4-0.

After the game, the players answered questions from the children and signed autographs. [...]