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2:45 PM ET, March 5, 2009

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ESPN.com:
New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez's brother Joe says A-Rod out 10 weeks  —  Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will have surgery to remove a cyst from his right hip and will be out 10 weeks, Rodriguez's brother told ESPNdeportes.com on Thursday.  —  Joe Rodriguez, Alex Rodriguez's older brother …
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Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Spring Game 9: Team Canada vs. Yankees (including A-Rod injury updates)  —  YANKEES  —  Pitching: Joba Chamberlain followed by Christian Garcia, Brian Bruney, Jon Albaladejo, George Kontos ans Wilkin De La Rosa.  —  CANADA  —  Barnwell SS  —  Martin DH  —  Weglarz LF  —  Morneau 1B
Mark Feinsand / NY Daily News:
Report: A-Rod needs hip surgery, could miss 10 weeks  —  Alex Rodriguez could miss the next ten weeks as he will need surgery to remove a cyst from his right hip according to a report Thursday morning on ESPNdeportes.com.  —  Yankees spokesman Jason Zillo would neither confirm nor deny the report.
Discussion: Texas Rangers
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Brother: A-Rod to have hip surgery  —  Yankees third baseman will miss World Baseball Classic  —  TAMPA, Fla. — Alex Rodriguez's troublesome right hip requires immediate surgery, the third baseman's brother told LasMayores.com, MLB.com's Spanish-language Web site.
Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:
Down Goes A-Rod  —  Some big news coming out this morning about the severity of Alex Rodriguez's hip injury - according to MLB.com, Rodriguez is going to have surgery that will keep him out of the line-up until at least May.  Regardless of how you may feel about Rodriguez, this is clearly a blow to the Yankees.
Jon Heyman / Sports Illustrated:
Surgery likely for A-Rod; could miss 6-8 weeks  —  GLENDALE, Ariz. — Alex Rodriguez likely needs surgery in his right hip and is expected to miss six to eight weeks, SI.com has confirmed.  —  Rodriguez's agent Scott Boras told SI.com that his client will be evaluated by Dr. Marc Philippon in Vail, Colo., on Thursday.
Discussion: WasWatching.com and iYankees
Pete Caldera / NorthJersey.com:
A-Rod's hip problem not new
Discussion: MVN and Sliding Into Home
Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
A-Rod's teammates unfazed by words
Wayne Graczyk / MLB.com:
Japan silences China in Classic opener  —  Starter Darvish tosses four hitless innings; Ichiro 0-for-5  —  TOKYO — Team Japan won the opening game of the 2009 World Baseball Classic, beating a punchless China club, 4-0, before a flag-waving, camera flashing, mostly Japanese crowd of 43,428 in Tokyo on Thursday night.
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ESPN.com:
Japan opens WBC title defense with shutout of China  —  TOKYO — Japan began the defense of its title with a 4-0 win over China in Thursday's opening game of the World Baseball Classic.  —  Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki went hitless in five at-bats but Shuichi Murata homered …
Discussion: Baseball Musings and MLB
Jerry Kronenberg / Boston Herald:
Ex-Sox slugger Manny Ramirez' Ritz penthouse hits market  —  Call it Manny being canny.  —  Ex-Red Sox [team stats] slugger Manny Ramirez [stats] put his Ritz-Carlton penthouse on the market for $8.5 million yesterday, the same day the slugger inked a $45 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Discussion: Red Sox Monster
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Devon Teeple / The Biz of Baseball:
The Biz of Baseball Organizational Report - The New York Yankees  —  In a continuation of The Biz of Baseball's Organizational Reports, we are now featuring the franchise that most clubs are envious of, and all strive to defeat: The New York Yankees.  —  The 2009 New York Yankees are looking …
New York Times:
Mets' New Home Is the ‘Anti-Shea’  —  For those fans who hated Shea Stadium, fear not: Citi Field is nothing like its predecessor, the last bits of which lie in ruins a few hundreds yards away.  —  The Mets' new park, which will open its doors for a Georgetown-St. John's baseball game March 29 …
Ken Gurnick / MLB.com:
Pierre pursuing trade options  —  Dodgers give veteran outfielder permssion to find a deal  —  PHOENIX — The Dodgers have given Juan Pierre's agent permission to explore potential trade partners for the outfielder who again lost his starting job with the re-signing of left fielder Manny Ramirez.
Discussion: MLB Rumors
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
Familiar faces still chasing their dreams  —  With no guarantees, several veteran players attempt to win jobs this spring  —  PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — The invitations never come in the mail.  Never.  —  They don't show up in the e-mail, either, as a matter of fact.
Discussion: Angels blog
Arthur Staple / Newsday:
Pedro throws two innings, says he feels great  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - It was a day without A-Rod for the first time in a long while, but Pedro Martinez filled the void nicely.  —  Martinez pitched two innings, his first game work since Sept. 25 with the Mets, and allowed two runs …
Adam Kilgore / Boston Globe:
New stance is on tap  —  After dismal '08, Varitek changes  —  FORT MYERS, Fla. - Dave Magadan first wanted Jason Varitek to alter his lefthanded batting stance two years ago, a notion met with resistance by a proud man.  Varitek's style - tapping his front foot for timing …
Discussion: sox1fan.com
Dan Lamothe / Red Sox Monster:
Broadcasting, wedding appearances and Red Sox ghosts: An interview with Carl Beane, the voice of Fenway Park  —  Editor's note: With a new season around the corner, it's time to roll out what will hopefully be a long series of interviews with some of the movers and shakers in the Red Sox world.
Howard Ulman / Associated Press:
1B prospect glad Teixeira didn't join Red Sox  —  FORT MYERS, Fla.—Lars Anderson paid little attention to the Red Sox pursuit of Mark Teixeira even though the talented prospect's position would have been tied up for a long time if the team succeeded.  —  The 21-year-old first baseman's name …
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