Arod and his amazing ability to get on the front and back pages

Alex Rodriguez was at it again appearing on the front page of the New York Post on Tuesday. The reason he was on there was because of a magazine shoot he did where he appears to be kissing himself in the mirror and then another picture of him sprawled out on a sofa looking at himself in the mirror. I know this guy is surrounded by many advisors but they are all hollywood type people and just continue to give him bad advice. The funny thing is though at this point when the team is asked about it much like Manny being Manny they say oh thats Alex. The guys at this point are getting good laughs out of it as they no doubt will have the pictures taped to his locker when he gets back and definitely take some good jabs at him for it. The difference between Arod and Manny though is Arod never quit on his team, he never dogs it on the field and he never has shoved down an older man. Alex actually is a good teammate even though he is always doing something to get attention away from the baseball field but that is just who he is and it doesn't affect anything on the field. I think it is good that he is away in Colorado and hopefully by time he gets back the team will be playing well and he can come back play baseball help them and not be such a distraction anymore.

Breaking News: Arod to Have Surgery tomorrow

New York Yankees star third baseman Alex Rodriguez will have surgery tomorrow in Vail,Colorado. He is having a less invasive surgery done which will keep him out 6-9 weeks and then he can come back be fine and have a second surgery in the offseason to completely fix his problem. He has an impingement which is bone on bone, they will fix the labrum now and then the impingement after the season, that would sideline him 3-4 months. He will stay in Vail for several weeks, so he may be back by late April. I think this was a good decision as he may only miss the first month and the Yankees can cover that and then when he comes back be good to go for the rest of the season. Yankees GM Brian Cashman said he thinks this is the right call based on the information they had gotten.

Recap of Todays Yankee Action

The Yankees lost 3-2 to the Atlanta Braves at Disney. Ian Kennedy started for the Yanks and pitched 3 innings giving up 2 runs on 3 hits with 1 walk. Dan Giese also pitched 3 innings for the Yanks giving up 1 run on 2 hits with 1 walk and 3 strikeouts. Andrew Brackman pitched a perfect inning and Mark Melancon gave up a hit with 0 runs in his 1 inning. The offensive side not much happened Johnny Damon had a triple and a rbi, Nady and Berroa both had hits. The Yankees are still waiting word out of Colorado about Arod who is undergoing an exam as I speak. Mariano will throw a bullpen tomorrow for the first time. Jorge Posada went through his throwing program today and appears to have gotten over that little setback he had the other day. Starting tomorrow the Yankees starters will go in line, Joba up first followed by CC,Wang,AJ,Pettitte. Joe Girardi said that the long man candidates Tomko,Giese and Aceves will continue to get innings. You would think that Hughes and Kennedy will be reassigned to the minor league complex then so they can continue on a regular rotation. Phil Coke will also get work, the Yanks envision him going anywhere from 1 batter to 2 innings. I am calling him the left handed version of Ramiro Mendoza. The Yankees will take on Team Canada tomorrow at Steinbrenner Field. I will be back later when I hear anything on Arod.

Arod could miss WBC

Jack Curry of the NY times is reporting that Alex Rodriguez has a cyst on his hip and this could prevent him from playing in the WBC. The Yankees apparantly knew about this but he was cleared by the team doctor to keep playing. This is really not a serious thing, im sure though people will say its because of steroids or whatever. He is scheduled to fly to Colorado tomorrow to see a hip specialist and then more information will be available. The New York Yankees statement can be found at http://yankees.lhblogs.com via Peter Abraham.