Hedgerow, thick and briary, caught his shirt twice and made it ragged round the elbow.

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He was born without an ulnar collateral ligament of elbow joint and still became a 1st round draft pick in major league baseball.

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Things have been downhill ever since Smith hit Boston's Jason Terry with an ill-advised elbow during Game 3 of the first-round series, which landed him an ejection and one-game suspension.

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He too was a high first-round pick, in 1996, but an abnormality in his elbow raised red flags, and the Texas Rangers rescinded their offer.

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