THS DELETES ANY REFERENCE TO TOMMY JOHN BEING A COVID DENIER - FILE - In this 1979 file photo, New York Yankees pitcher Tommy John delivers during a baseball game. Tommy John has been battling COVID-19 for at least three weeks. The 77-year-old former pitching great remains hospitalized near his home in Indio, California. He said he started to feel ill following a trip to Nashville before he was hospitalized on Dec. 13. (AP Photo/File)