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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:
No surgery for A-Rod — Yankees GM Brian Cashman just said Alex Rodriguez has a torn hip labrum and cyst. — They're trying rest and rehab. The cyst was drained. The hope is he'll keep playing. — More to come. — He's out of the WBC. — UPDATE, 3:51 p.m.: Surgery, if needed, would knock him out four months.
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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.
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.
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.
NY Daily News:
Yanks opt for rehab over surgery for A-Rod … The cyst in Alex Rodriguez's hip may not require surgery after all, Yankee general manager Brian Cashman said Thursday. — “There are two courses of action,” Cashman said of treating the cyst, which is caused by a tear in the posterior labrum.
Newsday:
A-Rod has torn labrum, but may not need surgery — 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.
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Bryan Hoch / MLB.com:
Cashman: No surgery, yet, for A-Rod — Procedure necessary, but Yankees GM hopes it can be delayed — TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees plan to treat Alex Rodriguez's troublesome right hip with a conservative approach, hoping to nurse the superstar third baseman long enough that he can postpone a surgical procedure until after the season.
Kobrien / On the Yankees beat:Rodriguez has torn labrum; hopes to avoid surgery
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Dave Cameron / FanGraphs Baseball:Down Goes A-Rod — Some big news coming out this morning …
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New York Post:REPORT: A-ROD NEEDS SURGERY, OUT 10 WEEKS
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New York Post:WHO CAN TAKE A-ROD'S PLACE? — ROLEN, MORA TOP LIST OF YANKEES' OPTIONS
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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 …
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St. Louis Cardinals, reliever Dennys Reyes agree to two-year, $3 million contract — ST. LOUIS — Left-hander Dennys Reyes and the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to $3 million, two-year contract. — The move was first reported by ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney.
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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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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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Duk / Yahoo! Sports:
Will Manny really get the $8.5 million he's asking for his condo? — First, Manny Ramirez extracted $45 million from the Dodgers in a down market when there was no other team with more than a casual interest in his services. — For an encore, he'll attempt to maximize his profits in a real estate scene that's just as limp.
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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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Joe Sheehan / Baseball Prospectus:
The News is Dead, Long Live the News — It's been a rough couple of weeks for newspapers. The Rocky Mountain News is gone, shut down by parent company E.W. Scripps. The San Francisco Chronicle and Seattle Post-Intelligencer may not be far behind, as Hearst has threatened to close both papers …
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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.
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 …
Derrick Goold / Bird Land:
Moise Alou sees WBC as likely his “last rodeo” — JUPITER, Fla. — Six-time All-Star and twice a winner of the Silver Slugger, Moises Alou sat in the dugout this afternoon before starting in left field for Team Dominicana and said he has to listen to his body, and his body is hinting …
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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