Joe Muchnicki

When the doctor took a look at the MRI, he recommended surgery right away. “He couldn’t believe I wasn’t in excruciating pain–he said the bone could break at any time,” said Joe Muchnicki recalling the low-point of last year. The injury, which is believed to have been caused by wear-and-tear, required five plates being placed in the knee joint, at the bottom of his femur bone. He was in a wheelchair for a week, followed by crutches for five weeks and no baseball activity for eight months. For a high school junior, that is crushing. He missed the crucial time for college recruiting–not to mention a summer of being a kid. While some people would sulk–the John Glenn RHP stayed focus and began his physical therapy. He finally threw off a mound for the ...