George Mason University baseball player dies after Tommy John surgery

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George Mason University baseball player dies after Tommy John surgery

Sang Ho Baek, 20, "was an incredible teammate who was loved by everyone associated with Mason baseball," his coach said.

June 19, 2021, 12:51 AM EDT
By Dennis Romero

The George Mason University community is mourning the death of student-athlete Sang Ho Baek, a pitcher for the Fairfax, Virginia, university's baseball team. ... The 20-year-old from Seoul who grew up partly in Salisbury, Maryland, died June 12, the school said.

"We are devastated by the passing of Sang," George Mason head baseball coach Bill Brown said in a statement. "Sang was an incredible teammate who was loved by everyone associated with Mason baseball."

A funeral home that has a service scheduled for Baek for June 26, said in a website post that he died "suddenly from complications of a surgery." ... Teammate Scott Morgan said on a GoFundMe page for Baek's family that Baek died from complications after Tommy John surgery, common for baseball pitchers. The procedure essentially repairs a torn ligament inside the elbow.

Baek, who played seven games during the spring season, graduated last year from James M. Bennett High School in Maryland, where he helped the school win the state championship in 2019.

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[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Wow, that is horrible.

Got to wonder what those "complications" were.

[JohnSJ]

2. Very sad. From a blood clot as a result of the surgery

[jimfields33]

3. I think they should give heprin to everyone before surgery

It would stop clots. I wonder if doctors ever thought of this?

[CurtEastPoint]

4. so they'll bleed out?

[jimfields33]

5. Do you think that could happen?

I’m trying to find a way to save lives. It seems like clots are a problem. I’ve not heard of people taking heprin bleeding out.

[CurtEastPoint]

6. check it out.

https://www.google.com/search?q=heparin+before+surgery&oq=heparin+before+surgery&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l9.3647j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[jimfields33]

7. Thanks. I was way off

They even say stop all blood thinners 5 days prior.

[CurtEastPoint]

8. BUT... some did say they DO use it before surgery. Not an MD here obviously an glad of it!

[oswaldactedalone]

9. It's gotten to where

parents of teenage pitchers will request the surgery prior to injury in hopes that the kid will be able to throw harder with less risk of injury. That's just plain stupid. The largest group of people having the surgery now are ages 15-19 which includes both injured and not injured. I find it weird that a doctor would perform a surgery like this in a situation where no injury exists.

[Phoenix61]

10. This is why they say there is no such thing as minor surgery.

If it involves general anesthesia it’s not minor.