Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
November 20, 2008
Unhip

I'm out at Red Robin and just saw on ESPN that Chase Utley needs hip surgery and may be out until mid-June. More later.

Update: Here's the story from Jayson Stark:

Utley consistently downplayed speculation about his bad hip during the second half of the postseason. But the Phillies revealed Thursday that since the World Series, he has had the hip evaluated by Phillies team physician Michael Ciccotti, of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital's Rothman Institute, and by Dr. Bryan Kelly, of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.

Both doctors recommended that Utley undergo surgery on his right hip. That procedure, described by the club as an "arthroscopic evaluation with treatment of any labral or bony injury," will be performed by Dr. Kelly next week.
According to the Phillies, Utley would be able to resume baseball activities in three to four months -- meaning sometime during spring training, but possibly not until the week before Opening Day.

However, full recovery time is projected at between four and six months. That means the best-case scenario is a return in early April, but the worst-case scenario is late May or early June, depending on how long a rehab option the club feels he would need.

So Amaro starts his tenure with a huge hole to fill. I wonder if this will make them more likely to re-sign Pat Burrell to keep two big bats in the middle of the lineup?


Posted by David Pinto at 06:10 PM | Injuries | TrackBack (0)
Comments

Did you get the onion ring tower thing at Red Robin? I don't even want the onion rings sometimes... I just want to get the tower.

Posted by: SCIENCE!!! at November 21, 2008 08:45 AM

The onion ring tower is pretty cool, but if I order that, I end up with no room for dinner.

Posted by: David Pinto at November 21, 2008 09:07 AM

I used to work across the street from a RR. Never got tired of their menu. The Mrs. worked there for over a year and still loves it as well.

Posted by: Nate at November 21, 2008 12:09 PM
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