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Originally Posted by goddfather40
It is important to realize that Gagne is the most popular Dodger player since maybe Fernando. The Dodgers always draw well, but he is a huge reason why they are now perennially 2nd in attendance to the Yankees. Thus I feel the contract is justified.
This is also his second Tommy John. His first was in '97 while in the minors. The way he recovered from that hopefully is an indication of how he'll react after this surgery.
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Piazza and Nomo were pretty damn popular as well. They may have never reached the heights that Gagne has, but Nomomania was in full force especially his rookie year when he won ROtY. And Piazza was regarded as possibly the best hitting catcher of all time when he was still in his prime.
With that said, for those of you who don't know, Gagne's surgery proved to be much better than expected and he will not be needing Tommy John surgery. However, he will still miss the rest of this season. But, it's not the end of his career, as many fans began to believe.