A-Rod to have hip surgery

[EVEN11323]

ESPN Sportscenter just reported it. Says he will be out 10 weeks.


http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3954457

[Joe12Pack]

And they thought I was crazy when I drafted Miguel Cabrera over ARod last night!

[200tang]

who did draft A-Rod? I know he fell pretty far

[dickay]

they call it his "hip" but the cyst is actually more towards his rear end, pretty common to get a cyst in an area where one is frequently getting an injection ;)

[OregonDuck1989]

The Yankees should cut him.


:p :D

[WHAK0985]

who did draft A-Rod? I know he fell pretty far

I DID! Just my luck. Less than a day after our draft when I felt lucky he dropped all the way to 7, he's out for at least April.

[WHAK0985]

they call it his "hip" but the cyst is actually more towards his rear end, pretty common to get a cyst in an area where one is frequently getting an injection ;)

Well if we're to believe him, and he has "only" used anabolic steroids in the "past," then there isn't really a correlation between the cyst and steroid injections.

However, this is assuming he "only" used the stuff he said he used. Who knows?

[200tang]

So with this news I assume A-Rod won't be playing in the WBC and the Mariners have already told Adrian Beltre he can't play for the Dominican Republic.

I wonder now though, if the Mariners will let Beltre play because of this (I doubt it but you never know).

[HoustonGM]

I doubt this has anything to do with steroid use. It'd take one hell of a coincidence for him to have been using, say, undetectable steroids, all these years, and then finally get complications from it right when his name is leaked.

[OldFatGuy]

Especially since it's a torn labrum. Never heard of that as steroid side effect before.

But hey, the anti-drug crowd sort of makes it all up as they go along anyway.

[HoustonGM]

Especially since it's a torn labrum. Never heard of that as steroid side effect before.

But hey, the anti-drug crowd sort of makes it all up as they go along anyway.
It's not a torn labrum. It's a cyst he's having removed from his hip.

[OldFatGuy]

No, it's a torn labrum. The cyst is a byproduct of the torn labrum.

He'll likely be out more than a month. Mike Lowell was.

[OregonDuck1989]

It's not a torn labrum. It's a cyst he's having removed from his hip.

According to Baseball Tonight just now its a torn labrum AND a cyst.

[HoustonGM]

According to Baseball Tonight just now its a torn labrum AND a cyst.
Well that's new news.

SI says recovery time is 6-8 weeks for A-Rod, now.

I think it's a safe bet that he's out for all of April at the least.

[OregonDuck1989]

Peter Gammons was saying something about if its as serious as say Chase Utley's he could be out until August. But it's more likely middle of May.

[HoustonGM]

Cashman said that A-Rod is going to try and play through the injury and hold off surgery until after the season.

[Slingshot]

Cashman said that A-Rod is going to try and play through the injury and hold off surgery until after the season.

Uh oh...

[EVEN11323]

Well this drama should be fun...

[dickay]

Well this drama should be fun...

i love yankee misery!

also, its comical at how peeps took my roid comment literally lol.

wfan was reporting that the cyst stemmed from the torn labrum...however that happens.

[KowboyKoop]

Peter Gammons was saying something about if its as serious as say Chase Utley's he could be out until August. But it's more likely middle of May.

Well, that's enough for me. I'm convinced.

Chase Utley used steriods.

:)

[Arctic Blast]

Time to go adjust my Draft Rankings...

[acetoolguy]

Well, that's enough for me. I'm convinced.

Chase Utley used steriods.

:)

I thought you were going to say Peter Gammons used steroids.
At least during his Boston Globe days.

[pacers721]

SI.com says he'll be out 4 months if he has the surgery

[oriole^]

I thought you were going to say Peter Gammons used steroids.
At least during his Boston Globe days.

Doesn't everybody at the Globe?

[ragecage]

This might be the beginning of a trend folks. I doubt A-Rod will break the home run record.

[etothep]

obligatory post saying that a-rod should just wait til october to have the surgery

[ewing6]

An injury! :eek: Another reason he should get back on the roids!:D

[ragecage]

If anything has been proven about steroids, is that the body eventually starts to break down over prolonged use. Just sayin.

[actionjackson]

Cashman said that A-Rod is going to try and play through the injury and hold off surgery until after the season.

Umm, good luck with that A-Roid. It's not like a deep bone bruise or a tweak, it's a fu(k'n torn labrum and a cyst. What part of he might require some time off does Cashman not understand? :confused: I'll predict he'll be out half the year minimum and won't be the same when he gets back because he's going to have to alter his swing in order to stop locking that hip up. And so the drama continues. The question now of course becomes do the Yankees get better or worse without him? Those that believe in chemistry and other magical qualities will say that undoubtedly the Yankees will be better without this clubhouse cancer, this poison. Those who have graduated past the fairy tale stage know that of course this is a huge loss for the Yankees, mitigated somewhat by the signing of Teixeira, but still a huge loss. As a Jays fan I couldn't be happier although we still might finish last. :mad:

[200tang]

Umm, good luck with that A-Roid. It's not like a deep bone bruise or a tweak, it's a fu(k'n torn labrum and a cyst. What part of he might require some time off does Cashman not understand? :confused: I'll predict he'll be out half the year minimum and won't be the same when he gets back because he's going to have to alter his swing in order to stop locking that hip up. And so the drama continues. The question now of course becomes do the Yankees get better or worse without him? Those that believe in chemistry and other magical qualities will say that undoubtedly the Yankees will be better without this clubhouse cancer, this poison. Those who have graduated past the fairy tale stage know that of course this is a huge loss for the Yankees, mitigated somewhat by the signing of Teixeira, but still a huge loss. As a Jays fan I couldn't be happier although we still might finish last. :mad:

Didn't Lowell play with the same condition all of last year? Or am I mistaking his injury with something else?

[actionjackson]

I still don't think he'll be the same. He applies a lot of force to that right hip in the course of his swing. What sort of compensation will he make to deal with the pain? How will this affect his power/production? Will the compensation for hip pain create an injury elsewhere? We'll see what happens.

[HoustonGM]

Didn't Lowell play with the same condition all of last year? Or am I mistaking his injury with something else?
Yeah, he did. He also missed a good chunk of time here and there though, and A-Rod will too even if he postpones surgery until after the season.

Also, short of trading for David Wright to replace him, this makes the Yankees worse. There's no question about it and anybody foolish enough to believe it's a blessing for the Yankees has got another thing coming.

[dickay]

Didn't Lowell play with the same condition all of last year? Or am I mistaking his injury with something else?

dunno if lowell did but supposedly utley did, or so its being reported. I think the whole point is moot and rediculous though. There are obviously different degrees of the same type of injury. A-Roids may or may not be more severe than Utleys. To critique A-roid for not playing through an injury someone else did just seems patently unfair to me. Team doctors can make that decision....not the lay person.

[HoustonGM]

Lowell played through the exact same injury. Utley had a similar but less severe version of it. The point of bringing Lowell and Utley up, at least for me, is not to "critique" A-Rod if he decides to go under the knife, but just to point out that players playing through this isn't unprecedented.

[dickay]

Lowell played through the exact same injury. Utley had a similar but less severe version of it. The point of bringing Lowell and Utley up, at least for me, is not to "critique" A-Rod if he decides to go under the knife, but just to point out that players playing through this isn't unprecedented.

i never said it wasnt' unprecedented...in fact just the opposite. I never said you were critiquing anyone. All I said is that there are CLEARLY different degrees to the "exact same injury"...in fact, no injury is exactly the same so that term is false. There are plenty of people on the radio today claiming AROD should play through it because others have. Thats a very trivial and unfair way to put it.

[HoustonGM]

i never said it wasnt' unprecedented...in fact just the opposite. I never said you were critiquing anyone.
Sorry if I implied that I thought you were directing that at me. Didn't mean to.


There are plenty of people on the radio today claiming AROD should play through it because others have. Thats a very trivial and unfair way to put it.
Of course. It's the radio you're listening to. You expect them to say fair, rational things...especially about Alex Rodriguez?! :p

To quote a comment I found funny at BTF:

Alex Rodriguez: "I have to say, I love my children above anything"
Media: "A-Rod: 'Winning not #1 priority'"

Alex Rodriguez: "I am proud to have played for both the USA and DR in WBC"
Media: "A-Rod: 'I am a traitor.'"

Alex Rodriguez: "I have never, ever, killed a puppy"
Media: "A-Rod: 'I have...killed a puppy'"

Alex Rodriguez: "Last week, I took half my salary from the bank and gave it to a charity"
Media: "A-Rod: "'Last week, I took...my salary from...a charity.'"

[ragecage]

Yeah, he did. He also missed a good chunk of time here and there though, and A-Rod will too even if he postpones surgery until after the season.

Also, short of trading for David Wright to replace him, this makes the Yankees worse. There's no question about it and anybody foolish enough to believe it's a blessing for the Yankees has got another thing coming.

Somebody said the Yankees are better without A-Rod? What are they smoking?

[HoustonGM]

Somebody said the Yankees are better without A-Rod? What are they smoking?
http://www.northjersey.com/sports/yankees/Better_off_without_A-Rod.html

Essentially, A-Rod is the sole reason that the Yankees haven't won a World Series recently. Getting rid of him would make the Yankees just like they were in the late-90s. :rolleyes:

[ragecage]

http://www.northjersey.com/sports/yankees/Better_off_without_A-Rod.html

Essentially, A-Rod is the sole reason that the Yankees haven't won a World Series recently. Getting rid of him would make the Yankees just like they were in the late-90s. :rolleyes:

Man, does this guy actually get paid for that type of nonsense. Its making me re-evaluate my driving career. I would like to make money for being incoherent.

[filihok]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/up-comes-a-rod


However, Lowell also offers some reason for hope - he actually played pretty well when he was on the field. He posted a .344 wOBA and a +13.6 UZR/150, making himself a +3.1 win player while missing 1/3 of the season. While I’m sure it was painful to play through, he still was able to perform at something approximating his normal abilities. It didn’t take away his skills, just his frequency of deploying them.

Of course, Lowell is a sample of one, but Chase Utley played through a less serious but similar condition and performed so well that no one knew he was hurt until he had surgery in the off-season. Considering how well those two were able to perform with versions of this problem, it’s easy to see why the Yankees have decided to skip the surgery for now.

[dickay]

nice quote filihok, and exactly why the Sawx were smaart not to waste money on Texiera.;)

[200tang]

Not to mention that Lars Anderson kid. I've heard he can play pretty well

[actionjackson]

http://www.northjersey.com/sports/yankees/Better_off_without_A-Rod.html

Essentially, A-Rod is the sole reason that the Yankees haven't won a World Series recently. Getting rid of him would make the Yankees just like they were in the late-90s. :rolleyes:

Dontcha know the chemistry in the Yankee clubhouse automatically gets twice as gooder when A-Rod isn't there? And of course chemistry is what wins championships silly! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Wassit3]

Dontcha know the chemistry in the Yankee clubhouse automatically gets twice as gooder when A-Rod isn't there? And of course chemistry is what wins championships silly! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Sorry Jackson but I think everyone knows cluthiness and knowing how to win are the way to win championships along with having players that are real ball players. When will you guys stop saying such nonsense like getting on base, playing defense and out scoring your opponant is the way to win where there is more than 100 years of solid antidotial evidence that the factors I outlined above are the sole reasons for winning??:rolleyes:

[actionjackson]

Don't forget about intestinal fortitude, mental toughness, "wanting it more", stepping up...blither, blather, blother (did I fill enough airtime, can we go to a commercial now? Cause I'm running out of things to say *sweats profusely*). ;)

[Joe Morgan]

Dontcha know the chemistry in the Yankee clubhouse automatically gets twice as gooder when A-Rod isn't there? And of course chemistry is what wins championships silly! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


Sorry Jackson but I think everyone knows cluthiness and knowing how to win are the way to win championships along with having players that are real ball players. When will you guys stop saying such nonsense like getting on base, playing defense and out scoring your opponant is the way to win where there is more than 100 years of solid antidotial evidence that the factors I outlined above are the sole reasons for winning??:rolleyes:


Don't forget about intestinal fortitude, mental toughness, "wanting it more", stepping up...blither, blather, blother (did I fill enough airtime, can we go to a commercial now? Cause I'm running out of things to say *sweats profusely*). ;)

Good job gentlemen. In the end, you just have to go out there and give 110% for all nine innings. The whole team has to do this now, and not just one player like Alex Rodriguez. It also helps to score more runs than your opponent, so giving 110% is how you do that. Giving 90 or even 100% doesn't cut it anymore. If you want to make it past class-A, you have to give 110%. Just take it one day at a time.

[OldFatGuy]

Good job gentlemen. In the end, you just have to go out there and give 110% for all nine innings. The whole team has to do this now, and not just one player like Alex Rodriguez. It also helps to score more runs than your opponent, so giving 110% is how you do that. Giving 90 or even 100% doesn't cut it anymore. If you want to make it past class-A, you have to give 110%. Just take it one day at a time.

OldFatGuy heard this on his TV, and gaped, open mouthed at Hazel as she prepared the morning bacon.

"What the HELL is that guy talking about???" OFG scratched his nose, and rubbed his head as the beginnings of a headache were approaching.

"110% is 10% more than 100%!!!," OFG moaned. "Jesus H. Christmas, that goddammed Obama's now messing with baseball. Raising taxes ain't enough, now the baseball players have to give an extra 10% of their.."

KOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG!

[Joe Morgan]

He headed downstairs to breakfast with his usual hunger accompanied by the beginning of a headache. He looked troubled. His wife of 20 years, Edna, noticed this as she turned the bacon in the frying pan.


OldFatGuy heard this on his TV, and gaped, open mouthed at Hazel as she prepared the morning bacon.

Does Hazel know about Edna? I'll keep this between you and me. Otherwise I completely agree with the point you were making about how bacon is very good.

[acetoolguy]

....for all 9 innings....thats like.....ummmm.....a million %!!!

[actionjackson]

Good job gentlemen. In the end, you just have to go out there and give 110% for all nine innings. The whole team has to do this now, and not just one player like Alex Rodriguez. It also helps to score more runs than your opponent, so giving 110% is how you do that. Giving 90 or even 100% doesn't cut it anymore. If you want to make it past class-A, you have to give 110%. Just take it one day at a time.

Joe! *falls to his knees to worship his idol* I knew that if I spouted your namby-pamby pablum cliche-ridden spew long enough you'd eventually show up. Good to see ya man. Looking forward to ESPN Sunday Night Baseball's 19th season. Has it really been 19 seasons? Golly, time sure flies when you're havin' fun. ;)