Dramatic improvements in baseball's infamous elbow surgery have opened the door for more pitchers to get the reconstruction.

What we know: Mookie Betts is sick, unable to keep solid food down and has lost about 25 pounds in a couple of weeks. He weighed 150 at last report, down from 175. People close to the situation have told The Times’ Jack Harris that Betts had the norovirus.

There could not have been a better start to the MLB season for the Los Angeles Dodgers as they went 2-0 by sweeping the Chicago Cubs in the much talked about Tokyo Series, where th