Alex Rodriguez to Have Hip Surgery, Miss Start of 2013 Season
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The New York Yankees are preparing to start the 2013 Major League Baseball season without Alex Rodriguez, who needs surgery on his left hip that will keep him out for as long as six months after the operation.
The third baseman will need four to six weeks to prepare for the arthroscopic procedure, which will repair a torn labrum and correct bone alignment and a cyst. If surgery is performed next month, Rodriguez may be out until July and miss the first three months of the regular season, which begins April 1 against the Boston Red Sox.