Arod to miss 10 weeks (1 Viewer)

[shuke]

BTW I think ARod should get the surgery and then come back in July and hopefully the Yanks are still in the playoff race. Even without ARod the Yanks should be a good team but in that division its probably not good enough. But Id rather him get the surgery then risk injuring himself more and then getting the surgery anyway and be out for the rest of the year.

No way MeRod is missing the opening of the StadiumHe'll selfishly cost the Yankees 4-5 weeks of him being in the lineup later in the year just so he can be on the field for the pomp and circumstance of opening day

Oh come on man. You sound like the people that were saying TO was being selfish by playing injured in the Super Bowl.

Guys, have you actually been reading the stories on this? He doesn't have any pain in the hip. The stiffness was caused by the cyst. Not all hip labral tears require surgery immediately or at all.He's been hitting pretty well this spring with both the cyst and the tear. Now the cyst is gone.

RELAX

Yes I have. He definitely needs the surgery. It wont heal on its own. Hes gonna try and get thru the season to delay the surgery. Its on his back hip which is a better scenario than Utley and Lowell.

Where are you getting that he "definitely" needs it?

 

[shadyridr]

BTW I think ARod should get the surgery and then come back in July and hopefully the Yanks are still in the playoff race. Even without ARod the Yanks should be a good team but in that division its probably not good enough. But Id rather him get the surgery then risk injuring himself more and then getting the surgery anyway and be out for the rest of the year.

No way MeRod is missing the opening of the StadiumHe'll selfishly cost the Yankees 4-5 weeks of him being in the lineup later in the year just so he can be on the field for the pomp and circumstance of opening day

Oh come on man. You sound like the people that were saying TO was being selfish by playing injured in the Super Bowl.

Guys, have you actually been reading the stories on this? He doesn't have any pain in the hip. The stiffness was caused by the cyst. Not all hip labral tears require surgery immediately or at all.He's been hitting pretty well this spring with both the cyst and the tear. Now the cyst is gone.

RELAX

Yes I have. He definitely needs the surgery. It wont heal on its own. Hes gonna try and get thru the season to delay the surgery. Its on his back hip which is a better scenario than Utley and Lowell.

Where are you getting that he "definitely" needs it?

From Brian Cashman

The Yankees say Alex Rodriguez will avoid hip surgery -- for now -- and attempt to nurse a torn labrum with treatment, rest and exercise.

Brian Cashman this afternoon revealed the course of action. If it is not effective, surgery will be required that could sideline the third baseman up to four months.

"If at some point it's not working and it's a problem, then the other one (surgery) becomes more of a choice," Cashman said.

If Rodriguez makes it through the season, he will have surgery afterward.

"At this time, we're going to go the conservative route," Cashman said. "We're going to take it day by day, week by week, month by month, at this point."

 

[Giantseasonticketholder]

Leave it to a classy guy like Smackdown to take joy in this.

Nady was ranked the best 3rd baseman in college one year (it was by Baseball Prospectus so take that with a grain of salt.)

Tex moved to first from 3rd in the Rangers Minor league system in part to Blalock being ahead of him there.

I think given a month (Opening Day being 4/6/09) either guy could be servicable there.

Or...

A-Rod plays through it again this year and opts for surgery in November.

Oh boo ####### hoo. This is karma. Quit crying. Your boy had this coming. I wouldn't say I take joy in this, but I don't feel the least bit sorry for the guy.

So while you may not be overjoyed, you are at least acknowledging that you think he somehow "deserves" to be hurt, right? And then claim it's karma. Ok.So if something bad now happens to you, you'll be ok with it I take it. Because you've now brought on bad karma towards yourself by taking pleasure in someone else's misfortune.

DUN-DUN-DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

You do not understand karma. This should have been a good lesson for you, but it wasn't. You honestly think this is a coincidence?

So I make a joke, and you respond with an insult. Nice guy.Anyway to give a serious response to your last question, yes I do think it is a coincidence. Perhaps the steroids have something to do with his body breaking down, but it's not karma

Do you honestly think that the cosmos made his hip tear because he took steroids? Or did you just use the word karma when you really meant to say it was steroid-induced?

Not sure where the insult was, but whatever. Here's how it goes: Your boy has no significant history of injury. Your boy does steroids for who knows how long. Gets caught. Would have never admitted to doing them had he never been caught. Lies. Lies again. Lies some more. Cries. Cries some more. BAM! Injured hip. Possibly out multiple months. You don't have to call it karma, but he's getting what he deserves. Oh, and if he "plays through" this, I'm sure it'll be totally natural. You can have him.

This isn't meant as a slight against you but you haven't been around very long if you think A-Rod is "my boy". For about 3 years, I was one of only 2 critics of A-Rod on this entire board. Yankee fans, non Yankee fans, whatever...EVERYONE told me I was essentially a moron for even considering a negative word about Rodriguez. For years. Years!Now everyone is against A-Rod because of recent events. I, for one, didn't want him then and I haven't defended him once throughout this entire steroid ordeal. I essentially agree with your last explanation, all I was doing initially was pointing out the irony of being happy someone was hurt because it was karma coming to get them. Most people did this with regard to Tom Brady too, and I wondered how they could reconcile happiness over someone else's pain with something then happening to them. Just a joke, and I think we've spent exactly 10 minutes longer on this than we ever needed to.

I don't think shady was the other one either

 

[Giantseasonticketholder]

BTW I think ARod should get the surgery and then come back in July and hopefully the Yanks are still in the playoff race. Even without ARod the Yanks should be a good team but in that division its probably not good enough. But Id rather him get the surgery then risk injuring himself more and then getting the surgery anyway and be out for the rest of the year.

No way MeRod is missing the opening of the StadiumHe'll selfishly cost the Yankees 4-5 weeks of him being in the lineup later in the year just so he can be on the field for the pomp and circumstance of opening day

Oh come on man. You sound like the people that were saying TO was being selfish by playing injured in the Super Bowl.

Guys, have you actually been reading the stories on this? He doesn't have any pain in the hip. The stiffness was caused by the cyst. Not all hip labral tears require surgery immediately or at all.He's been hitting pretty well this spring with both the cyst and the tear. Now the cyst is gone.

RELAX

Yes I have. He definitely needs the surgery. It wont heal on its own. Hes gonna try and get thru the season to delay the surgery. Its on his back hip which is a better scenario than Utley and Lowell.

Where are you getting that he "definitely" needs it?

From Brian Cashman

The Yankees say Alex Rodriguez will avoid hip surgery -- for now -- and attempt to nurse a torn labrum with treatment, rest and exercise.

Brian Cashman this afternoon revealed the course of action. If it is not effective, surgery will be required that could sideline the third baseman up to four months.

"If at some point it's not working and it's a problem, then the other one (surgery) becomes more of a choice," Cashman said.

If Rodriguez makes it through the season, he will have surgery afterward.

"At this time, we're going to go the conservative route," Cashman said. "We're going to take it day by day, week by week, month by month, at this point."

A-Rod may have played with this injury throughout last season as well. As long as he is not in pain, he will play. He seemed to be running and hitting pretty well with it so far.

 

[shadyridr]

Leave it to a classy guy like Smackdown to take joy in this.

Nady was ranked the best 3rd baseman in college one year (it was by Baseball Prospectus so take that with a grain of salt.)

Tex moved to first from 3rd in the Rangers Minor league system in part to Blalock being ahead of him there.

I think given a month (Opening Day being 4/6/09) either guy could be servicable there.

Or...

A-Rod plays through it again this year and opts for surgery in November.

Oh boo ####### hoo. This is karma. Quit crying. Your boy had this coming. I wouldn't say I take joy in this, but I don't feel the least bit sorry for the guy.

So while you may not be overjoyed, you are at least acknowledging that you think he somehow "deserves" to be hurt, right? And then claim it's karma. Ok.So if something bad now happens to you, you'll be ok with it I take it. Because you've now brought on bad karma towards yourself by taking pleasure in someone else's misfortune.

DUN-DUN-DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

You do not understand karma. This should have been a good lesson for you, but it wasn't. You honestly think this is a coincidence?

So I make a joke, and you respond with an insult. Nice guy.Anyway to give a serious response to your last question, yes I do think it is a coincidence. Perhaps the steroids have something to do with his body breaking down, but it's not karma

Do you honestly think that the cosmos made his hip tear because he took steroids? Or did you just use the word karma when you really meant to say it was steroid-induced?

Not sure where the insult was, but whatever. Here's how it goes: Your boy has no significant history of injury. Your boy does steroids for who knows how long. Gets caught. Would have never admitted to doing them had he never been caught. Lies. Lies again. Lies some more. Cries. Cries some more. BAM! Injured hip. Possibly out multiple months. You don't have to call it karma, but he's getting what he deserves. Oh, and if he "plays through" this, I'm sure it'll be totally natural. You can have him.

This isn't meant as a slight against you but you haven't been around very long if you think A-Rod is "my boy". For about 3 years, I was one of only 2 critics of A-Rod on this entire board. Yankee fans, non Yankee fans, whatever...EVERYONE told me I was essentially a moron for even considering a negative word about Rodriguez. For years. Years!Now everyone is against A-Rod because of recent events. I, for one, didn't want him then and I haven't defended him once throughout this entire steroid ordeal. I essentially agree with your last explanation, all I was doing initially was pointing out the irony of being happy someone was hurt because it was karma coming to get them. Most people did this with regard to Tom Brady too, and I wondered how they could reconcile happiness over someone else's pain with something then happening to them. Just a joke, and I think we've spent exactly 10 minutes longer on this than we ever needed to.

I don't think shady was the other one either

You make that sound like Im ashamed about that. No I was not a critic of a guy that plays for the team I root for.

 

[shuke]

BTW I think ARod should get the surgery and then come back in July and hopefully the Yanks are still in the playoff race. Even without ARod the Yanks should be a good team but in that division its probably not good enough. But Id rather him get the surgery then risk injuring himself more and then getting the surgery anyway and be out for the rest of the year.

No way MeRod is missing the opening of the StadiumHe'll selfishly cost the Yankees 4-5 weeks of him being in the lineup later in the year just so he can be on the field for the pomp and circumstance of opening day

Oh come on man. You sound like the people that were saying TO was being selfish by playing injured in the Super Bowl.

Guys, have you actually been reading the stories on this? He doesn't have any pain in the hip. The stiffness was caused by the cyst. Not all hip labral tears require surgery immediately or at all.He's been hitting pretty well this spring with both the cyst and the tear. Now the cyst is gone.

RELAX

Yes I have. He definitely needs the surgery. It wont heal on its own. Hes gonna try and get thru the season to delay the surgery. Its on his back hip which is a better scenario than Utley and Lowell.

Where are you getting that he "definitely" needs it?

From Brian Cashman

The Yankees say Alex Rodriguez will avoid hip surgery -- for now -- and attempt to nurse a torn labrum with treatment, rest and exercise.

Brian Cashman this afternoon revealed the course of action. If it is not effective, surgery will be required that could sideline the third baseman up to four months.

"If at some point it's not working and it's a problem, then the other one (surgery) becomes more of a choice," Cashman said.

If Rodriguez makes it through the season, he will have surgery afterward.

"At this time, we're going to go the conservative route," Cashman said. "We're going to take it day by day, week by week, month by month, at this point."

They're going to opt for him to do it at that time because there is no risk. Doesn't mean he "deinitely needs" it.

 

[=Smackdown=]

WFAN is reporting that Arod will have hip surgery on Monday and will be out 6-9 weeks. He will also have a follow up procedure after the season.

 

[shadyridr]

pparently its a lesser surgery that isnt going to completely fix the problem. Arthroscopic surgery. Not sure if it makes sense to me but Im not a doctor.

 

[shadyridr]

Alex Rodriguez will have surgery on his hip after all, a less intrusive procedure that would keep him sidelined for 6-8 weeks.

The decision comes days after the Yankees and Rodriguez said he would attempt to play through a torn labrum injury and avoid surgery until after the season.

It was thought Rodriguez had two options: play through the injury or have surgery that would sideline him for at least four months.

But upon further examination by Dr. Marc Phillipon in Vail, Colo., it was determined an arthroscopic procedure could repair the labrum and relieve a pincer impingement with less recovery time.

"It was Alex's decision," the doctor said. "But the Yankees were there all the way."

Rodriguez will have the surgery Monday morning in Colorado, where he will remain "for the forseeable future," according to Brian Cashman.

All parites involved -- Rodriguez, the doctor, the team -- seemed extremely confident this compromise option would allow Rodriguez to return in a shorter amount of time and able to play at a higher level than he would have otherwise.

"The goal here is to allow Alex to rehab rapidly in a safe manner," Philippon said. "The approach we're using is much safer than letting Alex play the way he is now."

Eight weeks from tomorrow is May 4, the target date for his return to the major leagues. In typically dramatic fashion, that is the first game in the new Yankee Stadium against the Boston Red Sox.

Rodriguez still will need more extensive surgery to repair a cam impingement in the hip after the season. That operation requires bone shaving, and extensive bleeding and swelling, hence the longer recovery time.

This lesser surgery became an option after a cyst in the hip was drained last week. Rodriguez has remained in Colorado for observation by Phillipon.

It was first reported on Thursday that Rodriguez would have surgery and be out 10 weeks, but later that day the Yankees announced A-Rod would opt for a more conservative treament of rest and exercise.

The team announced this latest change early Sunday morning.

Rodriguez has nine seasons remaining on a 10-year, $275 million deal, so the Yankees have to look at the situation beyond this season.

"He is a huge asset in the long term. This is a very difficult decision for everyone involved," Cashman said Saturday.

But according to Cashman, Rodriguez wants to be part of a special summer. His offseason -- and the team's spring training -- has been dominated by revelations of his use of banned substances in Texas from 2001-03.

"He doesn't want to be on the outside looking in," Cashman said. "I know he wants to help this team now. He knows we have a good team."

If Rodriguez attempted to play through the problem and broke down after Opening Day, he likely would have been gone for the year. Now the Yankees can have him back with, seemingly, no future absence hanging over their heads due to the hip.

It also could keep the team from having to acquire a replacement, using backup infielders Cody Ransom and Angel Berroa until Rodriguez gets back in May, after approximately 25 games.

And while it's a popular belief among those who loathe Rodriguez for his October failures and out-sized ego that the Yankees are better off without him, that isn't the way talent evaluators see it.

"You don't find that production anywhere else," a scout said yesterday. "Of course they would miss him. To think otherwise is foolish."

 

[Giantseasonticketholder]

25 games is about what he missed last year. It could have been worse. I really hope Nady offers to play there a few times while A-Rod is out.

 

[Favre Dollar Foot Long]

The yankees can hold the fort IF Tex can break out quick - but history says thats not likely, as he is notoriously a slow starter. Compound that with some losses, and Tex could get the Ire of Yankee fans who are already gonna be paying top dollar in a new stadium, and will be cranky as hell cause of it.

 

[PatsWillWin]

So, how far down the cheat sheet does he move?

Still a solid 3rd behind Bonds and Clemens IMO.