ESPN is saying Arod will get hip surgery and will be out at least 10 weeks.
New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez's brother Joe says A-Rod out 10 weeks - ESPN Here is the rest of the story.
Paul Harvey lives!!
That was my tribute, even though I was not much of a fan.
Acetabular Labral Tear -- the Basics It has been on some shows that this is his problem. If it is a torn labrum, the outlook is not good.
Not good. Mike Lowell had the surgery on his own torn hip labrum in September, and even though it went “perfectly” he’s still not back on the field. There’s no telling what either player will be capable of when he gets back.
The word right now is actually that he may try to keep playing because there is little risk of making the tear worse. But we’ll see.
I’m kind of hoping he’s out all season.
I am chuckling at the “cyst” part of this. Many drug users who inject end up with cysts or abscesses at injection sites, or beneath them, if they aren’t careful (and sometimes even if they ARE careful).
Just sayin’…
Given that he’s under contract for ten years, I find it puzzling the Yankees would take the risk.
My understanding is that the cyst was caused by the labrum tear.
Except this is the Yankees. They have to WIN RIGHT NOW OMIGOD WE MISSED THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR FIRE EVERYBODY DEFCON ONE PRIDE TRADITION WIN ONE FOR CAPTAIN CLUTCHINESS WE DON’T REBUILD WE RELOAD WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN.
The Red Sox and Rays are very good teams, the Blue Jays aren’t a total embarrassment and hell, even the Orioles aren’t quite the worst team in baseball. Putting A-Rod on the shelf for the full season doesn’t exactly eliminate the Yankees from playoff contention - nothing short of a stake and a mouthful of garlic will ever do that - but it would make necessary a fairly unlikely confluence of events in order to win the division and have even a puncher’s chance at the Series. The Yankees cannot tolerate that, because they are the Yankees. If they ruin him, they ruin him; there will always be the next guy.
Except Rodriguez also gets a vote (and actually the final decision) in whether or not he plays. Of course who knows if he’s making good decisions, needy as he is and with the steroid thing still in the news…
Hip Surgery For A-Rod
I don’t know, he’s a celebrity. What is the hippest surgery going on for multimillionares to defy age/logic/reality?
He could call Michael Jackson’s surgeon.
Kids these days. Always having hip surgery. Next it’ll be…
He opted to get surgery today. He will be out 6 to 9 weeks. Then after the season, he will get follow up surgery. 6 to 9 is a big range and perhaps optimistic.