After news broke out that A-Rod used steroids back in his MVP season in 2003, he ended up with even more shit to deal with.

I guess the press just can’t get enough of A-Roid these days heading to the start of the 2009 MLB baseball season. With his ”performance enhancing” issues still far from over, news broke out that A-Rod will be out for six to nine weeks and will undergo arthroscopic surgery that could be the beginning of the end for New York’s prized slugger.

You see, with Alex Rodriguez missing that much heading to the season, we wouldn’t know for sure how effective he can still be. And to make matters worse, he will undergo a second operation after the season, that is if he can play through it at all.

Of course, A-Rod’s doctor, Dr. Marc Philippon, claims he’s confident the New York Yankees slugger will still be able to make a successful return once all the operations are done but with his issues about performance enhancing drugs still lingering in the corner, will the Yankees still take the bait?

Well, the Yankees don’t have much of a choice. They’re stuck with A-Rod for the next eight years since he’s only in his second of a ten-year, $275 million contract. Of course, they can just trade him or buy him out, the question is, can the Yankees afford it.

For now, they remain optimistic.

”I firmly believe this approach will be successful and allow Alex to return,” Dr. Marc Philippon said. ”We’ve had very good success with this approach. Short term, we feel the risk is very limited that he will re-tear his labrum during that six-, seven-month period.”

”Well, it’s better than him missing the whole year,” New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. ”It could have been a lot worse.”

One Yankee, however, is willing to move on. And I reckon you won’t be surprised who that Yankee is.

”It’s better news than some of the reports. It’s good for him. He can get that out of the way and hopefully get back to us soon,” New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter said. ”We can’t sit around and wait for him to come back. You’ve got to go out there and play. That’s what good teams are about. It’s more than one person.”

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Philadelphia Phillies 10-1

Tampa Bay Rays 10-1

Boston Red Sox 8-1

New York Yankees 5-2

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