For those of you that don't know me, I am Brandon's dad. Just confirming what the DMN reported in yesterday's paper. Brandon tore his ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. He is out for the remainder of this season. We think he suffered the injury early in the Rockwall game last month. The injury didn't come from over use.Coach Boxley has been very careful not to over use the pitchers.

He is going to have ligament surgury (Tommy John) on Monday morning in Ft. Worth. It's been a long two -three weeks, but we are glad that we are finally getting this done.

His ortho dr. said if everything goes well he will be throwing in 11 months. Rehab will play a big role in this.

Forney is still going to be tough to beat in the playoffs because of our depth. We are still strong on the hill and that will take us a long way.

Anyway, I just wanted to let people know what has happened from the source. Good luck to all and I will let ya'll know how things are progressing.

Thanks
TxDad04

Good luck to Brandon, tell him to do his Rehab and he'll be just fine.

We'll say a prayer for him!

I read the article. Thanks for clarifying...
Is Conway doing it? He's the best.
Hope all goes well for Brandon, will keep him in our prayers for complete recovery. He should do fine.

Yes, Dr. Conway is doing the surgury. Thanks for the comments.

My heart goes out to your entire family. Good luck to a speedy recovery. We'll be pulling for Brandon.

Dean:

Our thoughts and prayers are with Brandon and the family. I have a very good feeling that he will come back stronger then before!

I have an idea (but do not know) what y'all have been going through. Four weeks ago Corey had to come out of a game because of elbow pain. We were so fortunate that he only had a slight strain of the ulnar collateral ligament. He has been throwing for over three weeks and is now back up to 100% velocity. He should take the mound again shortly.

I assume that since you are going to Ft. Worth that Dr. John Conway is doing the procedure. That is who we dealt with and he is fantastic! (As long as you have the patience to put up with six hour waits...)

A note to everyone who reads this thread: there are two principal reasons why the ulnar collateral ligament gets torn. One is overuse and the second is poor mechanics. Dean, I don't disagree that the Forney coaches did not overuse Brandon, but it could have happened some time back by who knows who and that one game against Rockwall just completed the tear. I'm not an expert but Brandon seems to have good mechanics so I'm going with the other by default. Also, overuse leads to bad mechanics; as the pitcher tires his mechanics tend to breakdown. After what I have seen this season from various pitchers breaking down watch the overuse side of it!!!

A word of caution: be very careful on how a pitcher learns a new pitch such as a slider. Again it is all about mechanics. The player may get get ideas from other players on how to throw a pitch but chances are something major will get lost in the translation (how good of a communicator is your son, can he teach someone else the correct way to through a complex pitch?). The pitch may be effective against hitters but if the mechanics are wrong then plan on passing "Go", collect your $200 and get ready to payout many, many times that $200.

JK

TxDad04.....I will be lifting your Brandon up in prayer. I do hope his recovery is speedy..and full...

(since my son's name is Brandon...it'll be easy to keep him in my prayers...)

Keep us posted on how he progresses...

Pam

Dean,

Danny and I are so sorry to hear of Brandon's misfortune. Please tell him we are praying for a speedy and complete recovery.

Regards,

Jim Morris

Dean,

This is Gary Heavin, Alex's dad. Really sorry to here about Brandon's injury. Keep the faith and make sure doesn't get anxious and try to hurry his rehab. He's a strong kid, physically and mentally. I'm sure he'll bounce back with "a vengance". Looking forward to following his play at New Mexico. BTW - Didn't know if you heard, but Alex signed at Grayson earlier this year. It's really gonna be hard not being able to watch em' in every game, huh!
Good luck to you guys.
Gary

Thanks Gary,

We heard earlier in the yr. that Alex had signed with Grayson. Coach Tadlock runs a very good program up there. Is Alex playing for Sam this summer? If so, I'm sure we will see you around. Sam told me that he would like Brandon to come to the games and help do some things if it can be done around his rehab. Hope Alex is having a big sr. yr. in G'ville.

Things are a little tough this year in Greenville. Alex and Paul Brancheau are alternating Tuesdays and Friday nights on the mound. They are keeping us in every game. We're 9-11 this year and if you can believe it we've lost 10 of those 11 ballgames by 1 run (ouch!). In district we lost the opener in Paris 7-6 in the bottom of the 7th. Beat both Denison and Sulphur Springs pretty convincingly and then lost to Sherman (3-2) and McKinney North 2-1. In all three of the losses we were leading until around the 5th or 6th innings. Trying to keep everybody's heads up here in G'town.

sevenup,

I think Greenville has some nice players anchored by two very nice pitchers in Brancheau and Heavin and appear to be well coached. They may be 2-3 in district play, but I expect them to be in the hunt for a playoff spot before it's all said and done.

Bulldog Dad

Well its done. We just got home with Brandon. His surgery went well. It's amazing what modern medicine is capable of. Brandon should be on the stationary bike in about 3-4 days.

He is still kinda out of it, but he said he was hungry. Thats a good sign! Thanks to everyone for the e-mails, and phone calls. Its times like these that you know who your dear and true friends are.

Here's wishing both of you a speedy recovery.

TxDad04...wish him a good nights rest...glad all is fine...and he's home safe

Pam

Dean, u have a pm.

Best wishes to Brandon.

Eric!

Tell Brandon that I hope he gets well soon and gets back on the hill as soon as possible.
I will miss him this summer and I hope u come back throwing harder than before.

The Wroblewski family

Thanks again for the thoughts. Brandon is making some progress. We walked to the street to check the mail yesterday. He is still having a lot of discomfort in his leg. Hopefully he will be on the bike in a day or two. We are just taking things one day at a time.

Hey, Forney is playing Sherman Saturday at our field. This should be a great game. The game starts at 2:00. Forney and Bryan Adams played a good game last Saturday. Forney won 2-1 in a pitchers dual between Corgan and Frisby.