Whether he is juicing on HGH or not, A-Rod is supposed to be starting at third base for the New York Yankees. Whatever cheating A-Rod got caught for, the bottom line is that he is not going to get caught for whatever he is doing now. That being said, the Yankees need the guy to hit 40 homers and drive in 120.
Everyone does HGH. That does not make this form of juicing up right or fair; however, let's not forget that A-Rod is not the only one. I do assume that he uses the stuff because there is no test and therefore no reason for him to not use it. To some players, the incentive to not use HGH is the purity of the game. Clearly, A-Rod does not have this incentive in mind and likely shoots HGH into his butt on a regular basis.
Should A-Rod have surgery? I say wait if the hip doesn't hurt. My guess is that the hip is not painful because A-Rod only noticed the injury once the cyst developed. Chase Utley played through it last year, and A-Rod can have surgery the day after the World Series ends.
Yaros
The latest story is he may have a hybrid treatment involving a partial surgery getting him through the season (after a one month recuperation)and the full surgery in October/November.
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ReplyDeleteArthoscopic surgery is now scheduled; he will be out six to nine weeks.
Smart move by Arod. He likely only misses one month now. For one month he Yankees can get by with what they have.
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