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Alex Rodriguez was bound to have a difficult 2009 season, even if his on-field performance met the typical MVP standards the slugger has established throughout his career. His steroid admission ensured that.But now that Rodriguez's brother, Joe Dunand, has alerted the media that A-Rod will miss the first 10 weeks of the 2009 season due to scheduled surgery to remove a cyst from his hip, he's bound to endure even more scrutiny.
Joe Dunand informed ESPNDeportes.com that "immediate surgery" was a necessity and that Rodriguez expects to be out until at least May.
Conveniently -- or perhaps not -- A-Rod will be on the shelf when Selena Roberts' book about the slugger is released. That seems like an enviable spot for Rodriguez, at least in the sense that each of A-Rod's at-bats won't be publicly scrutinized during Roberts' book tour. But by the same token, A-Rod will not have the ability to dispute the book's allegations via his performance on the field.
It also means that A-Rod will miss the World Baseball Classic. His brother said that he is "destroyed" over this.
Rodriguez, via SportsCenter, will have surgery Monday in Colorado.
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