in our final thought, an interesting tribute, a tribute to a man who made a huge contribution to baseball without ever hitting a pitch or stealing a base. it came in the operating room. what did he do? he invented a type of surgery. dr. frank job died yesterday in santa monica at the age of 88. he was an orthopedic surgeon who pioneered tommy john surgery. tommy john, it looked like his career was over after he had a serious elbow injury, a ligament in his throwing arm snapped in 1974. but dr. job, this man, took a chance, and performed a ligament transplant, took a ligament from his forearm, put it in his elbow, and a year later, tommy john came back as good as new. in some cases, even better. john pitched 14 more years. more than 1,000 major league players have had that surgery over the years. this doctor you're looking at right now has made such, such a difference, a tribute to him and what a legacy he leaves behind.