Diamond Doc

 From the web (LINK):

USA Baseball named today Dr. Josh Bloom and Dr. Daryl Osbahr Co-Chief Medical Officers of the newly created USA Baseball Medical Oversight Commission. Additionally, Dr. Bloom has been chosen to assume the role of USA Baseball Medical/Safety Advisory Committee Chairman from former Chairman Glenn Fleisig, PhD., after serving on the committee since 2010.

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Prior to medical school, Bloom received his bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College, where he was an Academic All-American linebacker and was honored by the National Football Foundation as one of the top 15 scholar football players in America in 1994. 

From the BGA media guide archives:

 More from the release:

Bloom has served as Head Team Physician for USA Baseball since 2005, where he is responsible for the oversight of medical and athletic training personnel, domestic and international game and event coverage, and medical care of players, coaches, and staff. He has also been a partner physician at Carolina Family Practice & Sports Medicine since 2004, has served as the Medical Director of the Carolina Sports Concussion Clinic since 2008, and has been the Team Physician for Apex Friendship High School (N.C.) and Cary High School (N.C.) since 2005 and 2015, respectively. In addition to those roles, Bloom started working with the NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes in 2005 as a team physician before assuming his current role with the team as Medical Director and Head Medical Team Physician in 2014. His responsibilities with the Hurricanes include medical care of players and staff, oversight of the medical and athletic training team, and management of the team’s concussion program.

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This is kind of hard to believe but with North Dakota State's loss and how the rest of the young FCS spring season has played out, the longest winning streak in the nation per Craig Haley belongs to . . . wait for it . . . Yale, at six games.

And Yale's last loss? This crushing 42-10 defeat:

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EXTRA POINT
I got my first COVID-19 jab yesterday, a dose of the Moderna vaccine. My only reaction is a slight soreness in my arm. I wasn't able to decide if I had a headache or not, and the common sense piece of me says if I can't tell if I have a headache . . . I don't have a headache ;-)

I'm due for my second shot on April 6.

I've got to say this was another of those times when I really appreciate living in a small town. The TV networks show cars queued up at massive stadiums with people awaiting shots, or lines streaming down the street in big cities. My shot was administered in an office carved into the back of a white clapboard, 1765 colonial. I walked through the doors, was greeted by a couple of pleasant women at folding tables and had my shot within two minutes. Then I joined six or eight others waiting out our 15 minutes checking for a reaction before heading out the door as one of the women said cheerily, "See you in four weeks."