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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:
A-Rod needs hip surgery, could miss 10 weeks … A source close to Alex Rodriguez confirms to the Daily News that the three-time MVP could miss the next ten weeks as he will need surgery to remove a cyst from his right hip. The news of A-Rod's surgery was first reported on ESPNdeportes.com Thursday morning.
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.
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ESPN:
A-Rod's recovery could be longer than expected — If Alex Rodriguez is set to undergo surgery on his injured hip, as reported today, he faces a lengthy recovery that could keep him out of action longer than the reported 10 weeks. The reported recovery period suggests an underlying injury, perhaps to the labrum.
Joel Sherman / Hardball:3 UP: A-ROD, MET PEN AND PAGAN
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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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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 …
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' Milton Bradley says his good outweighs bad — Pride and integrity are his watchwords; he's over ‘childish’ past — GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Milton Bradley was a childish, immature, insecure player in the past. — Are those fightin' words? — Not if they're from the mouth of Bradley himself.
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Andrew Baggarly / Extra Baggs:
UPDATED: Giants release Dave Roberts, eat $6.5 million — The Giants released Dave Roberts, who is owed a guaranteed $6.5 million this season. They also optioned right-hander Keiichi Yabu and right-hander Kelvin Pichardo. — Roberts was supposed to be a fifth outfielder …
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 …
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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.
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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.
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USA Today:
Disarming effect feared by many who pitch in the WBC — PHOENIX — As the World Baseball Classic opened Thursday in Tokyo, managers and executives of the Major League Baseball teams training in Florida and Arizona are crossing their fingers for the health of their organizations' pitchers.
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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.
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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 …
