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Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:28 am EDT

Phillies left fielder Ibanez needing surgery?

By Mark J. Miller

“RaulThe National League-champion Philadelphia Phillies may have a fella playing with a torn muscle in left field. Raul Ibanez(notes) replaced Pat Burrell(notes) in left field in Philadelphia and has quickly won the hearts of Phillies fans this season. Now it's looking like he may have to have off-season surgery, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The partially torn muscle is apparently near his abdomen. He supposedly put off surgery in late June and certainly isn't going to have it now until the World Series ends. He claims that he doesn't even think about it when he plays and that he isn't generally bothered by it.

Supposedly Ibanez was given the choice in June to have surgery or to go on the DL and rest before playing with the injury. Before deciding to hold off, Ibanez supposedly went up to Toronto to see a neuromuscular specialist and then visited a surgeon in Philly to get the second- and third-opinion lowdown.

Source: Philadelphia InquirerNew Window

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  1. davfied
    1. Posted by davfied Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:48 am EDT

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    Now we know what happened to his power in the second half. Too bad. He was having a good year. He is older & it is harder to come back from injuries. No excuses!!!!!
  2. scott m
    2. Posted by scott m Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:50 am EDT

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    Go phillies~!
  3. stewie
    3. Posted by stewie Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:24 am EDT

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    GOOD morning Dav ! YES ! 4 more wins.
  4. davfied
    4. Posted by davfied Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:19 am EDT

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    Hey Stewie,
    It is great to be a Yankee fan. What a series. Not lacking one bit in excitement. That is real baseball.
  5. Artist formerly known as Evil Empire!
    5. Posted by Artist formerly known as Evil Empire! Mon Oct 26, 2009 8:46 am EDT

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    Morning Davfied and Stewie - 4 more wins. I think this series will be a classic. Phillies are a great team and we will need to play better with runners on base if we want to beat them.
  6. davfied
    6. Posted by davfied Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:00 am EDT

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    Artisto,
    The Phillies are a damn good team. They have some thumpers & pretty good pitching. Maybe we should ask old Nastro-darby to ask his fiancee what team she thinks will win. If we can find him that is. 4 & out.
  7. The Real Deal
    7. Posted by The Real Deal Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:20 am EDT

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    Congratulations to Artist, dav, jd, stewie and others. On the surface it looks like a good matchup between the Yankees and the Phillies. I am hoping for a more competitive series than we have seen so far in the playoffs, understanding that when your team is in, you just want to win as quickly as possible. Reporters never cease to make me laugh. Derek Jeter is interviewed about 2 minutes after the Yanks clinch the AL Title and they want to know what he thinks of the Phillies. Maybe give him a little time to enjoy the day?
  8. chris p
    8. Posted by chris p Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:22 am EDT

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    More like we will now see what team chemistry vs a bunch of hired mercs will make for a WS? I'll take a team like Philly any day over walking bank accounts!!!
  9. davfied
    9. Posted by davfied Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:31 am EDT

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    Thank You Comrade,
    The Angels played tough. They need a couple of pieces and they will be right back in it. Real, the early interview is called a "scoop". Where are all the stimulus jobs? What a joke. Lame Duck after 10 months.
  10. Artist formerly known as Evil Empire!
    10. Posted by Artist formerly known as Evil Empire! Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:41 am EDT

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    Thanks Real - I think the world series will go 7 games. Fight to the finish round 1 Wednesday night....I cant wait
  11. Jacks
    11. Posted by Jacks Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:44 am EDT

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    i just want to congratulate the Stankees for winning by default.. Scoisca "Mr. Fundamentals"......... Has guys he can control that arent flashy.....
    The biggest joke of the century Mark McGwire as a hitting coach. In softball maybe....
  12. Jacks
    12. Posted by Jacks Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:46 am EDT

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    I hope Cliff Lee hits Tex in the head a turns him into a cantaloupe.... since hes already a meatball
  13. The Real Deal
    13. Posted by The Real Deal Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:52 am EDT

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    Artist,
    I know how different it is when your team is in the World Series vs. being a more casual viewer. When the Red Sox were playing in 2004 and 2007 the Series went exactly the way I wanted it to, even though the lack of competition hurt the ratings quite a bit. Now of course, I want to be entertained with an exciting series.
  14. philsphanwest
    14. Posted by philsphanwest Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:46 am EDT

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    stewie #3: Congrats on the Yankees' victory. As I said on the Vlad thread, I sure hope the Phillies play better baseball than the Angels did. Taking nothing away from the Yankees, the Angels played uncharacteristically sloppy baseball all series long, and it killed them. I do not know whether they were nervous, but they played nervous. They made lots of costly mistakes.
    I won't start in on the home plate umpiring of last night's game. Let's just say it was disappointing and leave it at that. Sports conspiracy theorists will take it from here...
  15. Danny
    15. Posted by Danny Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:40 pm EDT

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    This might go down as one of the best series ever. Two teams evenly matched. Two former cy young winners from the same team know pitching against eachother.
    You have power from both teams, any position anytime in the game both lineups are a threat to go deep.
    Superstars in AROD, Jeter, Howard,Rivera.
    Phils advantage will have to be there speed vs Posada
    CC v Leeis pretty even.
    Cole v Burnett in the battleof overpaid and overhyped.
    All n all this should be great, the Yanks trying to get back to the top and the Phils trying to start a Dynasty.
    Broad St v Broadway
    Good luck Yanks
    Phils in 7
  16. Philly For Life
    16. Posted by Philly For Life Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:56 pm EDT

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    i must say for most of my time on the blogs i did not think very kindly about new york fans but it must just be the mets fans cause i've not heard half the trash from You yankees fans. and i know why yankee fans are true baseball fans and not a bunch of band wagon jumpers like the met fans
  17. victor p
    17. Posted by victor p Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:19 am EDT

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    So a cuban defector comes to america and is expected to sign for 32 million? We dont have anyone here in America that can throw fastballs or curveballs with the same talent? Have we looked hard enough? Im so tired of baseball pepretuating this type of behavior.

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