So this AP story in the Sun-Sentinel says A-Fraud has a torn labrum.... isn't that what Lowell just had?
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/ny-sparod0306,0,3329503.storyFrom Newsday
A-Rod has torn labrum, but may not need surgery
BY KAT O'BRIEN and KEN DAVIDOFF |
kat.obrien@newsday.comand
ken.davidoff@newsday.com 4:16 PM EST, March 5, 2009
Alex Rodriguez with the Dominican Republic team
A report says that Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez needs surgery to remove a cyst from his right hip, but the Yankees deny knowing anything about it. (AP Photo / March 3, 2009)
TAMPA, Fla. - Alex Rodriguez will not have surgery for now to repair a labrum tear in his hip, Brian Cashman told reporters Thursday. But if rest, exercise and treatment do not improve A-Rod's condition, the Yankees' third baseman would go forward with an operation. That, Cashman said, would be "a four-month situation."
The Yankees' general manager said, at Steinbrenner Field, that A-Rod would take the "conservative" route in dealing with his condition -- about which, Cashman stressed, A-Rod never complained of pain, only stiffness and restricted movement.
Cashman offered no timeline for when A-Rod could return to competitive action. The GM said that A-Rod would spend a couple of more days in Vail, Colo., where he has been meeting with hip specialist Dr. Marc Philippon, before returning to Tampa and resting and rehabilitating on Yankees grounds.
"We are going to take this day by day, week by week, month by month," Cashman said. Not surprisingly, the injury will remove A-Rod from the World Baseball Classic.
When asked whether A-Rod could play through this condition, Cashman said, "We believe and hope the answer is yes."
If the answer is no, then the Yankees will lose their three-time Most Valuable Player for the bulk of the 2009 season. Either way, considering how crucial a hitter's hips are to his success, this is a serious concern for the Yankees and A-Rod, moving forward.
The Yankees first learned of A-Rod's hip problems last year, as an incidental finding while conducting an MRI on A-Rod's injured right quadriceps. It was considered asymptomatic.
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