A-Rod could miss WBC
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Mar 03, 2009 
Print This Post
| 
Email This Post
A report on the New York Times web site said that Alex Rodriguez has a cyst on his hip, is scheduled to be examined by a specialist and could miss the WBC as a result.
More on this story as it develops.
UPDATE, 8:25 p.m.: A cyst is essentially a sore spot on the bone. It’s usually a minor thing. But the Yankees could try and keep Rodriguez out of the tournament. Rodriguez will reportedly be seen by a specialist in Colorado tomorrow.
UPDATE, 8:32 p.m.: Statement from the Yankees:
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez will fly to Vail, Colo., on Wednesday, and will be examined and evaluated by Dr. Marc Phillipon, a hip specialist at Steadman-Hawkins Clinic.
After experiencing right hip tightness and stiffness this spring, Rodriguez was examined by Dr. Chris Ahmad, the New York Yankees team physician on Saturday in Tampa, Fla. An MRI examination—also administered on Saturday—revealed the formation of a cyst in the right hip. Dr. Ahmad determined that a follow-up examination with a hip specialist should be scheduled.
The Yankees contacted Dr. Phillipon on Saturday to schedule an appointment, and Wednesday (tomorrow) was the first day he could be seen in his office.
After consultations between the Yankees’ medical staff and Dr. Phillipon, and because there has been no functional pain, Rodriguez was cleared to continue baseball activities until Dr. Phillipon could examine him.
“We felt it was in everyone’s best interest—for the team and the player—to send Alex to Dr. Phillipon, who is regarded as the leading expert in his field,” said Brian Cashman, New York Yankees Senior Vice President and General Manager. “Alex has proven his durability throughout his career, and we will take every precaution and step necessary to ensure his health as we near the start of the 2009 regular season and beyond.”
Any future determinations or comments regarding Rodriguez will take place only after his appointment with Dr. Phillipon, and the exchange of information between the doctor, the team and Rodriguez is complete.
UPDATE, 8:57 p.m.: First off, congratulations to Dr. Marc Phillipon. You must be a pretty big deal to be able to tell the Yankees on Saturday that their best player can’t get an appointment until Wednesday.
Two things:
· If this were serious, the Yankees would not have allowed Rodriguez to play in spring training games. Teams shut players down in spring training for paper cuts.
· However, the Yankees are no fans of the WBC and would gladly take the opportunity to pull Rodriguez out if they can. MLB and the Dominicans might fight that. MLB wants superstars in their tournament. Rodriguez himself seems to have a genuine interest in playing.
It appears we will find out more tomorrow. The moral of the story: A-Rod is always the story.
This can’t possibly be a good sign…
Did the Yankees know about this before he left for the WBC?
Here we go.
ORLY?
No Pete really… We need to hear more about how Arod hates Jeter, not this baseball related cr@p. Who cares about baseball anyway?
Cyst formed at the injection site,huh? Maybe he figured that being on the Dominican Team he was amongst friends and did a little sauce for old times sake?
My brother in-law had a cyst removed fron his hip. It was because he has “osteoarthritis”.
You forgot to mention the part about how this is all a PR stunt.
I hope this is not a big deal. I got my hopes set on A ROD having a huge year. Love him or hate him we need him. Hopefully it is minor and he comes back to team. Poor Jason Zillo A Rod promised him a month off
now the media will say the cyst is a pr stunt to get sympathy
Big Deal~! I’ve had cysts removed before – they certainly aren’t season ending or even delaying! Hopefully, it’s just a cyst and nothing more.
He did it on purpose, just kidding…
Hmmm… http://www.esquire.com/features/steroids-0408-3
I’d point you to the article starting with “That oil”…
Not sayin’, just sayin’! And if you think other people who understand steroid use won’t say and think the same, you’re kidding yourself.
I am waiting to Bill Madden says the cyst is evidence of the roids
Frack
Actually, I’d recommend the whole article — and I meant to say “paragraph” — Perhaps I’ll repost it here for everyone to enjoy — From Craig Davidson’s article describing the results of his own steroid use:
“That oil I shot into my hip hadn’t dissolved. A deep, throbbing pain convinced me I’d developed an abscess. I had a pouch of weeks-old oil inside my hip, walled off by my immune system. If I was lucky, it was sterile. If not, it was infected, the surrounding tissue gone necrotic.”
what the hell would be the cause of this…very odd
There are many reasons why someone would get a cyst on their “hip” unfortunatly one of those is multiple injections in one location
c’mon, no matter what you think of arod, you thought about ped suggestions.
I am going to be sick………….
Dan Graziano mentioned this on his blog a few days ago and it got no attention. The Yankees obviously knew about this – why didn’t they send Alex to get an MRI sooner?
Ugh…..I have a bad feeling about this.
Dear god, this isn’t going to end well for anyone.
~ Austin
http://tinyurl.com/dz4dd5
*Jeter looks TERRIBLE in red, lol
http://tinyurl.com/bllpum
*Goofy pic of Tex
http://tinyurl.com/ckngah
*I also love the Swish pic – it reminds me of close up pics of Olympic sprinters, lol.
I am hoping Jeter tomorrow says how much he admires David Wright and wishes he was batting cleanup for the Yankees- then her should put on a big grin
Oh boy. There goes mama-Rods dream.
And how proud she would have been!
Great pictures. Thanks for the links Betsy.
Sorry to disillusion anyone who took Pete for a medical expert, but a cyst is not a sore spot on a bone. It is a sac-like structure, usually containing some fluid or diseased matter.
You’re welcome, S.A. – glad you liked them!
SD yanks wrote:
“dave, If Omar was ever drunk enough to offer Wright for A-Rod and Cash, you do it without even blinking.”
This is a ridiculous comment – i assume you mean cash to pay off a solid sum of arods contract. So you are paying a ton of money to get a player that is not nearly as good and who will also be signed to a very big contract at some point. Great move. WOW – arod makes stupid comments and did roids 5 plus years ago. WHO CARES? He is the best all around player in the game. The point of baseball is to win.
There is no such thing as team chemistry when the team loses and all of a sudden, a team clicks like crazy when they win. Look at reggie jackson and management or the entire team – did they have amazing chemistry? NO, They had talent and they won the world series. Arod has the talent more than any one else in baseball. i would NEVER pay off most of arods contract and trade him for wright who is also not good in the clutch mets fans always complain. The bias against arod is OVERWHELMING. Leave the guy alone – we need him in order to win. And many, many GMs throughout baseball would not give arod and most of his contract money or even half of it for wright. That makes the team and the payroll worse.
Betsy is going to be sick because A-Rod has a cyst on his hip. Way to keep things in perspective, B! People are losing jobs, homes, and retirement savings, but it’s that dreaded cyst that has some of us feeling ill.
hobie,
Jeter SHOULD say something like that, but he won’t. Unlike ARod, he is smart enough to stay away from controversy and won’t take a shot at his teammate or anything that could be perceived a shot.
I’m waiting for the Arod-TMZ media spin on this.
Any other player would just say they have a cyst on the hip.
Of course, Arod says he has a cool,rad,awesome,”hip” cyst.
Zman – lol, my thoughts exactly. way to prioritize.
It’s always something with ARod
If he is medically cleared to play, the Yankees should allow him to.
He wants to represent his country, he should be allowed to.
I just feel this is going to be ominous…..oh boy.
To have it removed shouldn’t be a huge deal. Although he probably won’t be able to do anything for a few days till the cut is healed.
Basically it is a small cut, you pop out the cyst and sew him up.
LOL The cyst is going to be ominous??? What about the fiasco he has made out of every situation he’s been in? That’s ten times more ominous. Meanwhile, Betsy, you need a hobby.
joe- yeah he gets injections on his hip. okay….
As Pete said, it is a minor thing. Yet some people here have his career over.
The Yankees could very well make this appear worse than it is just to keep him from the WBC. They now have an excuse to.
ZMan, why the heck are you on this board ? I mean, this is ONLY baseball. The economy is tanking – why aren’t you in Obama’s ear whispering great ideas on how to get this country moving again instead of blathering on this blog?
I agree, I think he developed a cyst on purpose so that there would be another story.
This just in, “AROD eats lunch and chooses mustard over ketchup” Heinz feels slighted, more to follow with this breaking news story.
CANNONBALL
jen, I agree. A cyst is really no big deal.
I think we will all find out that Arod will be fine and will be fine to play. I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up re-joining the DR team in no time flat.
Arthritis most likely.
Cato, again – why the heck are you on this blog? Shouldn’t you be spending your time figuring out how to get peoples’ retirement savings back? You want to talk prioritizing? LOL but you’re too clueless to realize you’re a hypocrite.
No kidding, Zman… If Betsy loses sleep over A-Rod’s asspus, she’s luckier than pretty much everyone. Must be great to be able to care about nothing but a zillionaire’s hip.
Hold on a minute, Bets. If it’s ONLY baseball, as you say, why are you sick over A-Rod’s cyst? Get a life!
Do people understand medical terminologies? A cyst is ominous? It will ruin his season?
Wow.
And lets say you do trade arod and half his salary for wright who signed a 6 year 55 mil extension in 2006. That is half over so wright had 3 years and i assume 27.5 mil left or about 9 mil per over 3 seasons. That is a GREAT contract so trading them straight up may be worth it but tack on arods monumental sum of 275 with incentives to 300. Obviously, the yanks wont have to pay that or maybe even half but even 100 mil over the next 10 seasons in essence, means the yanks are paying wright 19 mil instead of 9.
It is less than arods contract but one, arods contract is backloaded so its not less really and two, wright is not nearly as good. Also, remember wrights very reasonable salary only last three more years and hes a free agent – so then, we are still paaying off arod either with wright making close to 20 mil (bringing the total to around 30 which is more for an inferior player) or with wright not even on the team anymore (which is paying for no one.) GREAT IDEA and thank god some people in here are not the yanks GM.
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090.....lgp115.jpg
Tex and Jeter……lol
“People are losing jobs, homes, and retirement savings,.”
And its all Arods fault!
Way to bring me back to reality ZMANN. Here i come to this site to forget about the REAL world and you come out and rain on my parade.
Trish, I hope you’re right……
People are going to lose sleep over a cyst and call it ominous?
Are these the same people who get upset when we lose Spring Training games? lol
Phil……
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090.....lgp111.jpg
Mantle had a cyst on his hip in 61, it knocked him out of the HR race to 60 with Maris…Later got infected and he had a few ab’s in the World Series…..Now medicine has come along wat since then, but do not just dismiss it as meaningless…I’m surprised it wasn’t didcovered when they had physicals last week…Should be very treatable….Zmann, relax man…
trish i hope ur rightt damm ima be really dissapointed if hes hurt and now thats hes playin in this turnament
A cyst is hardly ominous. This may be a good thing for those who dont like yankees players playing in the WBC. Not only does this get alex out of that possibly but it could also give him some time away from the team. I actually think thas a good thing for him. The less reporters around alex, the better it is for all of us – trust me.
He does not need another story written about him this spring so without his presence at yankee camp or the WBC, he could get a little breather. I wouldnt be surprised if this is something they cooked up to get alex away from the medias eye for a little while. He cant be misinterpeted or criticized if he isnt even around nor can any of his comments really come back to haunt him if he stay away from a little bit. And he really does not need all of spring to get ready. You know what they say – OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND (of the media) or so I would like to hope for alex’s and our sake.
Just two links to pass on:
http://tinyurl.com/tennis-player1
“France’s world No.13 Tatiana Golovin won’t play tennis for a few weeks as she will operate a 6 cm (2.36 inch) cyst in her left hip on Wednesday.”
And…
http://tinyurl.com/webdoctor123
“Many people are discovered to have bone cysts that have been present for some time without ever knowing about it. These are found purely be chance when the bone is X-rayed for other reasons, for example when somebody has a suspected fracture. Provided they are relatively small, they are harmless and require no treatment.”
**************************************
So basically, pick your poison. The cyst is IN the hip, as the statement says.
http://tinyurl.com/ade9pr
http://tinyurl.com/d7t24b
Wow, Berroa’s bat went out with a bang!
If it were 1939 and this board had just learned of Lou Gehrig’s ALS, I fear that there would be bodies being hurled from buildings. It’s just a thing called perspective folks.
A-Rod can’t be happy that the Yankees are trying to ruin his life. First his GM throws him under the bus, the he bans him from seeing his cousin, now they are blowing his injury out of proportion to keep him from playing for his country etc.
I’m not an A-Rod fan, but the Yankees are not treating him well at all. Let the guy just be himself.
Manny agrees on a 2yr/45 million dollar contract with the Dodgers. Breaking News on ESPN news
“After consultations between the Yankees’ medical staff and Dr. Phillipon, and because there has been no functional pain, Rodriguez was cleared to continue baseball activities until Dr. Phillipon could examine him.”
Bets, you can bet your bottom dollar if there were any questions whatsoever Arod wouldn’t have been cleared to continue to play. He had an MRI and the Yanks medical team consulted with Dr. Phillipon.
Cysts are very treatable. If it were anything more ominous, you would have to believe that Arod wouldn’t still be playing.
Pat M, thanks, but if those guys want to take shots at me because I’m worried, then let them. I don’t care what they think of me, lol.
It looks like the Dodgers are finally able to end the soap opera. They had no choice but to bring Manny back.
A cyst can range from absolutely meaningless and goes away by itself to needing minor surgery to remove it to life threatening but really, it is likely harmless. The most important thing to do when a cyst appears is getting it checked out as quickly as possible and determine what is causing it and with all the physicals alex is going through, Im sure he caught it as early as humanly possible so that likely means whatever it is, it will be taken care of without a glitch. A cyst hardly ever means a tumor and is usually just a growth caused by a buildup of fluid or air in tissue – therefore, lets wait and see before declaring arods season over.
Manny signs with the Dodgers for 45 Million, left the Sox when he was getting 40 million for the same two years.
Losers= Boras HUGE Loser.
Manny HUGE loser.
Why am I feeling no sadness for either of them?
Scott — How can you say that the Yankees are not treating him well? Do you know the details of the situation? Has A-Rod treated the Yankees well in being forthright about his past? Who’s paying whom $30 million per year?
So Boras caved-in and surrendered.
yankeefan91, at least based on everything we’re reading, you’d have to believe that nobody is thinking of this as anything terribly serious. Arod would have been shut down immediately after the MRI if they were worried that it could be something really ominous.
Whats up this ZMANN guy??? your obviously not a baseball fan so BEAT IT!!!!! GO YANKS!!!!!
Trish, you’re right – and the Yankees are usually extremely conservative with these things. The fact that they thought he was ok enough to play is encouraging………thanks for calming me down, lol
The cyst is probably minor. They should MRI the bump on his shoulders. Just like when Dizzy Dean had his head X-rayed, they’ll probably find nothing.
Now all we need is Cano to get a hang nail.
Dave, thanks! I was never really quite sure what a cyst was – hopefully Alex will be ok.
Good, the Manny farce is over and done with……….
yea trish ur rite and thankz for da infoo
in other new did ya read about the death of player who got traded for 10 bats last season thats tragic
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/s.....;GT1=39002
So, Manny essentially took the contract that he was offered way back in November?
Manny just broke my heart. Hopefully he opts out after 1 yr and we get another shot at him next year.
YankeeRay, win some, lose some. Go Yankees.
YankeeRay,
Manny just broke my heart. Hopefully he opts out after 1 yr and we get another shot at him next year.
———————————————————
Blasphemy! If Manny is ever on the Yankees I will burn the new stadium to the ground. I was actually terrified this off-season that Cashman would go off his rocker and pick him up. I can only image what would happen if he hit the first homer in the new stadium…. (PUKE). “OMG he is the new Babe….. the curse begins again!” F**K that noise.
“Trish, you’re right – and the Yankees are usually extremely conservative with these things. The fact that they thought he was ok enough to play is encouraging………thanks for calming me down, lol”
Bets I will never put you down for worrying about these things. These are our guys, this is the team that we root for, and Arod is really one of our top guns. It was only after I read the stuff about the MRI and our docs consulting with the doc in Vail and Arod being given the okay to play that it felt like it was really going to be okay.
I agree with you that the Yanks are extremely conservative
with the health of their players. So I think we are probably right to be cautiously optimistic based on the way they are handling this.
“Whats up this ZMANN guy??? your obviously not a baseball fan so BEAT IT!!!!! GO YANKS!!!!!”
Hey genius, I’ve been a diehard fan since 1972. I’m just not blind to realities and I don’t cry like a schoolgirl when a player gets a hangnail.
All 3 Yankees OFs are free agents next year. Boras knows this.
Manny will be a Yankee next year, replacing Matsui at DH. Can’t lose Damon, Matsui, and Nady without replacing them. I doubt Cash wants to commit 7/$160 to Matt Holliday when he can get Manny for much cheaper to plug in at DH
Best website for anything medical:
http://www.webmd.com/skin-prob.....ents/cysts
Z-Man and Pete were right, everyone else was worried over nothing.
Scott,
I concede that it would be a good “organizational” move, and i admit my passion for the Yankees and the game overshadow reality, but Manny is the enemy… that man is a Yankee killer and I would just as soon see Pedro Martinez in pinstripes
Pete,
Has Doe or any other members of the Anti-Pete-We-Support-Arod faction blamed his cyst on your reporting yet?
BTW, yankeefan, that’s terrible, being traded for bats. Can you really humiliate a guy more than that?
yankeefan91, reading that really hurt my heart. What a tragic story. That poor poor man.
yankeeray, sorry about that sweetie. Really I know how much you wanted Manny. But for a little perspective read the link to the story yankeefan91 posted. What a sad story.
Manny did not get traded. Scott Boras just confirmed no deal.
He’s playing, if it were serious they would have sat him in ST. He’ll take a week off of the field and play in the WBC for Team Republica Dominicana
“everyone else was worried over nothing”
Um I read quite a few posts saying that they didn’t consider it a huge deal joe.
Scott, exactly.
You really think we’re going to let our leadoff hitter walk (and one of the most productive leadoff guys in the game) and our #5 hitter walk?
That means in the last 2 years, we would have lost Abreu, Giambi, Damon, Matsui, and Nady and replaced them with Teixeria and Swisher. Cashman is going to find a way to make up that offense. Manny is a better bet than Matt Hollidat for big money
I think Arod should get the cyst removed and immediately put one of those(shoe comfort) “Are you Jellin?” on his hip.
Problem solved.
read this people this is just a tragic
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/s.....;GT1=39002
Can’t Stand Ya — Actually, the conspiracy theory is as follows. Pete was standing next to A-Rod, and then casually stuck his ballpoint pen into A-Rod’s hip, thus inflaming a sebaceous gland. The two are now cysters . . . joined at the hip, so to speak.
“Manny signs with the Dodgers for 45 Million, left the Sox when he was getting 40 million for the same two years.
Losers= Boras HUGE Loser.”
you do realize that Boras was not Manny’s agent on his old contract, so he would have gotten NOTHING if he stayed in Boston for $40M? now, he gets his 5-10% (or whatever) on $45M.
yeah, Boras loses again….
So no manny deal? Manny-Watch back on.
Brandon, I hope they let him play in the WBC. It means a lot to him. They shouldn’t punish him like that if he is medically cleared to play.
Neverminding Pete’s snarky comment about Alex’s injury (not funny, and please do not tell me to either get a life or a sense of humor – I just don’t find that funny)…….it is a bit ODD that the Yankees couldn’t get in to see this DR. before tomorrow? Sheesh -
“it is a bit ODD that the Yankees couldn’t get in to see this DR. before tomorrow? ”
what’t the rush, the WBC? ha.
Now the only thing with cysts (not sure if it is all or just certain types) If the ‘cyst’ sac is not removed completely they can refill with liquid and become recurring.
Boras got income that he would have not normally gotten if Manny was in Boston. He was not his agent when he signed his deal in 2001.
Manny also hated Boston and the fish-bowl existence. Now, he gets to chill out in Hollywood in a stress-free environment against inferior NL pitching and be a savior.
Manny and Boras are both big winners. They didn’t get the contract they were looking for, but they got the situation they wanted (Boras getting $$ and Manny got out of Boston).
Actually, I’d recommend the whole article—and I meant to say “paragraph”—Perhaps I’ll repost it here for everyone to enjoy—From Craig Davidson’s article describing the results of his own steroid use:
“That oil I shot into my hip hadn’t dissolved. A deep, throbbing pain convinced me I’d developed an abscess. I had a pouch of weeks-old oil inside my hip, walled off by my immune system. If I was lucky, it was sterile. If not, it was infected, the surrounding tissue gone necrotic.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I get cysts all the time. I’ve never touched steroids in my life.
There ARE other reasons for cysts forming. Lots of them actually.
Just sayin’.
That said, despite my worries, I will assume the best – Pete’s right about teams scratching their players out of ST for paper cuts, lol….
If he needs minor surgery to remove this, they can’t prevent it. I don’t see how they can stop it.
“LOL The cyst is going to be ominous??? What about the fiasco he has made out of every situation he’s been in? That’s ten times more ominous. Meanwhile, Betsy, you need a hobby”
lol.
this blog is a trip.
You can’t make a post without taking a shot at A-Rod, can you Pete?
A cyst in a hip is a lot more than a “sore spot” … a cyst, could develop into a ganglion cyst in any joint (see wrist and hip as the main ones) and could expedite the deterioration of the joint. I highly doubt this is a pr-stunt as some on here may believe, and we should be thankful the Yankees and A-Rod caught this early.
One, SCOTT Boras DID NOT lose out in all this. It is not THAT well known that boras was not mannys agent when he originally signed the contract with boston and would likely, receive zero compensation if manny just went with the 40 mil over 2 years in extensions. Instead, he talked manny into opting out and gets some percentage of this new contract which is way more than boras would have received otherwise (anything is more than no money.) So while boras greatly overestimated the market, which was not in freefall at the time of the opt out if you remember, Boras still makes money in this deal. Manny is the loser in all this as he made a huge headache for himself for a measly 5 mil more. POOR MANNY. Remind me to shed a tear for him sometime.
Two, the reason manny was such an incredibly bad idea this off season was because not only do we have damon in left who is still an above avg LF making 15 mil but we also have matsui who is a solid hitter when healthy who is also making 15 mil and can play no where except DH. Once those two are gone, ie next off season, manny does make a heck of a lot more sense for the yanks. The whole idea that he would completely throw off team chemistry is such nonsense. If the yanks payed him well, he would be happy. Not to mention, he would crush boston and it would be wierd at first with the rest of the team and esp girardi but with a batting order of Ajax, Jeter, arod, Tex, manny, Bay/Holliday, Posada, cano, swisher it wouldnt be weird for long. Substract nady and damon and matsui and pettitte and add manny and bay/holliday and the payroll would not be much more than right now. WOW that lineup would destroy the sox rotation.
Kevin Long said a week ago that Alex had a problem with his hip that was affecting his batting stance. I guess the problem is now a diagnosis.
Terrible news, assuming yankee management is concealing information as they typically do.
The curse will not live without the Rod. Come back, A-Rod, roid, fraud, hole, or whatever gets your attention nowadays.
Pete has a great sense of humor. Those who do not see that need to lighten up. It’s not his job to worship players.
I find it curious to read any Boras defenders here?
He promised Manny her could get him 4 years 100 Million, so Manny trashed his rep with Bostonand got 2 years.
He trashed himself with the Arod affair. Had Arod opt out, shopped him around, got nothing, and created that charade where arod ” fired” him to come back to the Yanks.
Right-o
He embarrassed himself with the Matsusaka affair.
He has lost his fastball, no way around it.
dave,
There is a good chance Manny will be a Yankee next year considering the DH is there and we’re going to have to replace Damon/Matsui.
Baseball Fab wrote: “Manny signs with the Dodgers for 45 Million, left the Sox when he was getting 40 million for the same two years.
Losers= Boras HUGE Loser.”
You’re looking at it the wrong way. If Manny stayed with Boston through his option years, Boras, as his new agent, would have gotten zero, zilch, bupkus.
By engineering the trade, and signing Manny to an entirely new contract, Boras has earned himself millions in fees.
As for Manny, he may not have gotten a windfall, but 45 is more than 40 the last I checked; plus the $45 million is guaranteed and the $40 wasn’t; and $5 million ain’t chicken feed.
Guys, there is zero chance this is a pr stunt – does alex really need any more attention, really? Also, the team is not concealing info as arod should see the specialist before a definitive diagnosis is made anyway. Some trainer or team doctor can give their opinion but the real info comes from the doctor arod has yet to see. The only way I could imagine this not being true is if arod is trying to find a way to get out of the limelight for a few days – and in that case, who can blame him? Every day, every article is about him. There is only so much annoying media attention someone can take before they start trying to find reasons to escape the media’s microscope.
A perfect example is his comment about reyes – i can see the headline tomorrow saying arod wants jeter off yanks for mets reyes when all he was doing was complimenting reyes and not dissing jeter. Every day is some asinine story like this on the front page with arod. I could completely understand him wanting to get out of the ring for a few breathes.
The Yankees are always very cautious with injuries. I think that the fact that Alex played 2 games after they found the cyst must mean that it can’t be that serious or they would have shut him down right away.
I see that Dave made some of the same (correct) points a couple of posts earlier.
Baseball fab – boras was representing so many players at the winter meeting, he had a team of agents larger than any team’s front office people present at the meetings. I would like to see boras actually lose a few big clients and then, you can start talking about boras losing his stuff. From my perspective, boras is maximizing his profits by forcing players to do things they may not have done and then, making sure in the end, they get a decent deal. Mannys 45 mil over 2 years isnt much but it is 5 mil more than the sox were giving him in a terrible market and boras makes the profit off that. Same with arod – 250 mil to 275 mil and he came back to the team he wanted to play for, and who made a ridiculous profit? Scottie B thats who.
I think Arod really is in cahoots with the newspapers. His daily saga helps keep them afloat.
I can’t wait for the NY tabloids tomorrow –
“Arod bails on Dominican team – heads to Colo-roid-o”
Soul – I would believe you if manny didnt just sign a two year deal. If he signed a one year deal with the dodgers, I could see us landing manny next off season. But are we really going to trade prospect for the guy and then, pay him 22.5 mil? I doubt it. If he performs well over 2 seasons and with posada likely at the end of his career, I can see us landing him. As of next year- we take that sweet 30 mil from damon and matsui and give it to bay/holliday and if montero isnt ready, try to find a catcher. We stick posada in the dh spot to make sure he stays healthy and then, have a lineup of ajax, jeter, arod, tex, holliday/bay, Posada, cano, swish, montero/some other decent catcher and then, the following year look for manny to dh if he can still play. Frankly, filling the dh spot isnt much a concern until posada retired anyway IMO.
I can’t wait for the NY tabloids tomorrow –
“Boil on Yankee’s Arse” or “Lancing the Boil” or “A-Boil”
The Post and Daily news must love A-ROD, probably increasing hits on their website by 100% from bloggers, tmz, fans, etc
Probably related to his steroid injections.
‘Probably related to his steroid injections.’
The Yankees just released that it bothered him since the end of last season. (Which begs the question why wait so long to treat it)
We want Manny ! We want Manny !
“There is a good chance Manny will be a Yankee next year considering the DH is there and we’re going to have to replace Damon/Matsui”
not really.
if Manny were to ever be on NYY, then he would be right now.
it was between Manny and Tex. And Cashman picked Tex.
“The moral of the story: A-Rod is always the story.” All I can say is “you have got to be kidding.” Actually I uttered an audible “Oh man” when I read that comment. Really now Pete, take a step back and think about that comment.
wow here we go again with a rod
stupid boy
Cyst on his hip. What goes around comes around. Kind of like Mantle’s hip abscess after his shot by the quack in 1961.
Now we know where Arod has been injecting the roids.
I just hope he’s okay. I don’t like to make jokes about people’s health so just hope he’s alright.
Damn. Too bad it’s not career threatening.
Anyone think that being objective is a thing of the past? No matter how we feel about what A-Rod has done wrong and said wrong … this is a health concern … a little humanity is in order.
i dont think this is related to steroids. both my mom and my friend had the same thing and obviously they did not take steroids. there is always a chance but i dont think so
Arod is always the story… who writes the story?
,,,season has not started and arod already has a cyst. Who had the put out though?
The style of writing is very familiar to me. Did you write guest posts for other blogs?