# Hip surgery for ARod. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 5, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437 "2009-03-05T20:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/1 "2009-03-05T20:29:00Z")
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](http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3954457) Here is the rest of the story. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/2 "2009-03-05T21:07:28Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Here is the rest of the story. Paul Harvey lives!! ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/3 "2009-03-05T22:04:50Z")
> [@Manduck](#): > > Paul Harvey lives!! That was my tribute, even though I was not much of a fan. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/4 "2009-03-05T23:57:37Z")
[Acetabular Labral Tear -- the Basics](http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/acetabular-labral-tear-treatment) It has been on some shows that this is his problem. If it is a torn labrum, the outlook is not good. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/5 "2009-03-06T17:10:05Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/6 "2009-03-06T17:12:45Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/7 "2009-03-06T17:12:58Z")
I’m kind of hoping he’s out all season. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2009, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/8 "2009-03-06T22:42:12Z")
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’… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/9 "2009-03-07T02:39:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > 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. Given that he’s under contract for ten years, I find it puzzling the Yankees would take the risk. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/10 "2009-03-07T02:45:27Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > 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). My understanding is that the cyst was caused by the labrum tear. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/11 "2009-03-07T03:20:15Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Given that he’s under contract for ten years, I find it puzzling the Yankees would take the risk. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/12 "2009-03-07T03:54:16Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/13 "2009-03-07T05:24:28Z")
**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… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hip-surgery-for-arod/488437/14 "2009-03-09T14:08:37Z")
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.