Mar
03
A-Rod could miss WBC with hip injury
ByWell, at least A-Rod has finally made a baseball-related headline. Jack Curry of the Times reports that the third baseman will meet with a hip specialist in Colorado on Wednesday. Furthermore, the Yankees’ medical staff found a cyst when examining Rodriguez on Saturday. This will almost certainly keep him out of the WBC, as the team doesn’t want him risking a serious injury.
Now, back to your regularly scheduled open thread.
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*Waits for the steroids/cyst comments*
He’s trying to show up Jeter- “I dont need your stupid WBC.”
He wants to get back into Yankees camp so he make sure he beats out Angel Berroa for the starting 3B job.
Nice piece on Cano today, Moshe. Really enjoyed it, and you obviously put a lot of work into it.
agreed. just read it, really good stuff.
Thanks. It has been rolling around in my mind for a while now, and I finally found a few minutes to put it together.
if this was steroid related, wouldn’t the team keep it under wraps?
they didn’t HAVE to announce that he had a cyst, just that he was seeing a hip specialist.
is a cyst harmful? how do you treat it?
I think they cut them out.
If you’re me a drunken night usually “cures” them
“The WBC is bad because it exposes players to injury” firestorm in 3… 2… 1…
1/2…1/4…1/8…
30 min and counting.
Keith Olbermann just “broke” the news on his show and I think he implicitly linked the injury to steroid use.
Silly. Everybody knows he’s using HGH now, not steroids.
I LOVE Keith Olbermann, but come on…
So is there a chance A-Rod might not be ready for opening day?
hopefully…mo willing
let me rephrase: hopefully he IS ready
If he has a procedure to remove said cyst and that helps his play would it be considered a “Performance enhancing procedure” and if so, does that mean a 50 game suspension? This IS A-Rod!
Local anesthesia and a scalpel are both “perfromance enhancing substances”.
as are contacts, glasses, and LASIK
More appropriately, cortisone is a steroid and a performance enhancing drug, yet is routinely injected to allow players to overcome injuries and remain in the lineup.
Apparently, it doesn’t hinder his functionality.
Here’s the press release from the Yankees:
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com.....8;c_id=nyy
i should go up to vail to support A-rod tomorrow
is it just me or does this seem to be PeteAbe’s fault?
Pete Abe takes any chance he can get to fire a shot off at A-Rod.
Or Girardi for tht matter.
I hate that fat slob… But I do enjoy the info he relates on his blog.
Yeah, he’s good at compiling info in one place because you sure as hell don’t go to his blog for analysis. He’s horrible.
Awfully convenient timing. This will only provide more fodder for the idiots I have to live around (I’m just outside of Boston).
Didn’t the Mitchell Report say Clemens had a cyst on his butt?
Uhhh-huh.
Yyyyyyep.
I’m just gonna leave that ol’ hanging curve ball riiiight there.
someone on steroids will smack it out of the park.
Cysts are so ridiculously common that its just absurd that all the amateur MDs are going to go run with this, as if they know what they’re talking about.
is an abscess the same as a cyst? i think that’s what Clemens had.
i know you were joking, but i’m genuinely curious.
It was an abscess.
Damn. Ruins my bit.
Its not really a cyst.
Its a third ear.
I would love to see a pole of Yankees fans about what they thought A-Rod was on in 2007 steroids, hgh, both or nothing. He probablly does something really crazy rare and expensive but I think hgh would make him too big so I doubt he takes it even though he could get away with it.
if A-Rod was on something in 2007, it probably means that half of baseball is still juicing since it would mean that there are steroids that the tests don’t pick up.
and if there is a way to cheat and get away with it, you can bet that lots of ballplayers are doing it.
that said, i have no idea.
He was on nothing. Really crazy and rare? HGH will make him too big?? come on guy
As we all know, nobody ever had cysts before people starting using Steroids. Non existent. Just didn’t happen. Ever.
As a matter of fact, I believe the CDC has a report out saying its impossible to form cysts anywhere in the body WITHOUT steroids being present.
I actually found this online somewhere:
” If cysts become infected or grow to a bothersome size, health care providers can remove them or prescribe treatment with steroids or antibiotics.”
I could see the headlines now:
A-ROD CONTINUES TO OPENLY USE STEROIDS.
A-ROID FINDS EXCUSE TO JUICE AGAIN
Lets hope that A-Rod doesn’t pull any Kobe-like manuevers while in Vail.
Well, I’m thinking he would get less hate from the media if he did compared to what he is currently guilty of.
I hope Yanks have insurance on the $275 mil. Me guessing, it will be Cody Ransom @ 3B for 2009
Your guessing sucks.
Good. The timing of the WBC is ridiculous. So A-Rod missing it is a plus.
But this stupid little cyst could cause A-rod to miss live game action. How could A_rod get ready for the regular season by not facing live game action?? He can’t.
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