“DO YOU WANT TO GO BOWLING?”

“DO YOU WANT TO GO BOWLING?” An indicator of medical progress is this upbeat story about how catcher Koyie Hill has come back to the majors after a home workshop accident in which the thumb and three of the fingers on his throwing hand were cut off. Surgery was able to restore the fingers and thumb. Almost thirty years ago shortstop Roger Metzger had his career effectively ended by the loss of four fingertips in a similar accident. A teammate called him a month after the accident and, in an example of ballplayer humor, asked him if he wanted to go bowling.