Post by Fish Troll on Oct 15, 2008 1:59:40 GMT -5
BOSTON (AP) -- Mike Lowell will undergo surgery on his right hip Monday, depriving the Red Sox of last year's World Series MVP for the rest of their season.
The third baseman, who is not on Boston's roster for the AL championship series, chose to have the surgery as soon as possible so he would have a good chance to be ready for the start of spring training.
"I'm kind of relieved, in a sense, just to get it over," Lowell said in the dugout Tuesday. "I think I was hanging onto something that wasn't really realistic."
Lowell was removed from the playoff roster after Game 3 of the first-round series against Los Angeles, making him ineligible for the ALCS. The Red Sox beat the Angels three games to one to advance.
The third baseman, who is not on Boston's roster for the AL championship series, chose to have the surgery as soon as possible so he would have a good chance to be ready for the start of spring training.
"I'm kind of relieved, in a sense, just to get it over," Lowell said in the dugout Tuesday. "I think I was hanging onto something that wasn't really realistic."
Lowell was removed from the playoff roster after Game 3 of the first-round series against Los Angeles, making him ineligible for the ALCS. The Red Sox beat the Angels three games to one to advance.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/10/14/lowell.surgery.ap/index.html
Suck for the Red Sox.
