Yankees Birthday of the Day: Tommy John

NEW YORK - CIRCA 1987: Tommy John #25 of the New York Yankees poses for this portrait prior to the start of a Major League Baseball game circa 1987 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. John played for the Yankees from 1979-82 and 1986-89. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) | Getty Images In the baseball canon, Tommy John’s name gets used with more frequency and gravity than almost any one else’s. Unlike some of the other cemented names in the game’s history, John’s reco