A BIG HIT:
KNEE REPLACEMENT
a Team Effort
FOR MONMOUTH
SOFTBALLERS
AS A LONGTIME PLAYER AND MANAGER IN THE MONMOUTH
COUNTY SENIOR SOFTBALL LEAGUE, EMIL "COACH"
JENNETTE IS ALWAYS EVALUATING HIS TEAMMATES AND
OPPONENTS. HE RECALLS A GAME IN THE SPRING OF 2009
WHEN HE CLOSELY STUDIED OUTFIELDER BOBBY DUNCAN
AS HE RAN THE BASES DURING A GAME.
Emil wasn't scouting for the next all-
star in the over-60 league. He was
seeing how well his teammate Bobby
had recovered after having double
knee replacement surgery the prior fall.
Before his surgery, Bobby was in
constant pain and could hardly sleep
at night. He continued to play softball,
but he required a substitute runner after
getting a hit.
"After the surgery, I didn't need a
runner anymore. As a matter of fact, I
started running for other people," says
Bobby, a 64-year-old golf course and
athletic fields manager and Freehold
Township resident. "I play tennis and
softball and I golf and bowl. I don't
let anything slow me down."
"I
was watching how he performed, and
I saw that he ran well," says Emil,
a 75-year-old interior painter from
Freehold Borough. "I watched his stride, and
I watched his face as he came into home
plate to see if I could see any pain."
Emil Jennette, James Mavroleon, Bob Duncan, and Vincent Quinn are back to playing ball
after they each underwent successful orthopedic surgery at CentraState.
8 Fall 2016 Healthy Directions
