Celebrating Tommy Pham

Tommy Pham reached a milestone in yesterday’s game against the Chicago White Sox. It is not a particularly acclaimed milestone. It’s not one the announcers take the time to point out, like when Matt Carpenter and Dexter Fowler both hit their 100th career home runs. But it is a milestone to be celebrated. Especially for Tommy Pham. Yesterday, Pham recorded his 1,000th career MLB plate appearance.

Pham has suffered through an enormous amount of injuries in his career playing professional baseball. He broke his wrist in 2010. He tore a ligament trying to rob a homer in 2011. His 2012 season was derailed when he tried to play through a torn labrum - which the doctors misdiagnosed as not serious…