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Bedard to have shoulder surgery
After weeks of rest and rehabilitation didn't work, the Mariners and Erik Bedard decided Tuesday the lefty would have arthroscopic shoulder surgery.
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Erik Bedard To Have Season-Ending Surgery
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog — Erik Bedard will have season-ending surgery on his shoulder performed by Angels team physician Dr. Lewis Yocum, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Bedard is expected to pitch for the Mariners in 2009. Via ...

Closing Time: Whisper to a stream
Roto Arcade — ... in a game . . . I'm always wrong when I make Troy Glaus predictions, so I'll just mention that he returned to action Tuesday and hit his 24th homer. He's been dealing with a sore shoulder of late . . . J.D. Drew (herniated disk) was in Tampa Bay Tuesday but the Red Sox didn't put him into the lineup . . . Mike Lowell (hip) came out in the ninth inning for a pinch runner . . . Erik Bedard has a date with Dr. Lewis Yocum next week (exploratory surgery), so the 2008 nightmare is finally over . . . Hideki Matsui wants to play in the Yankee Stadium ...

Bedard A Non-Tender Candidate?
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... Erik Bedard hasn't pitched since July, and he's elected to have exploratory surgery on his pitching shoulder.  GM Lee Pelekoudas expects Bedard to be able to pitch next year, but admits it's an unknown until Dr. Yocum gets in there and pokes around.  John Hickey says trading Bedard this winter is no longer an option, and the situation may increase the chance of a Jarrod Washburn trade.  The Mariners would like to clear spots in the rotation for two young pitchers. ...

Tampa Still Just Tepid About the Rays
The Big Lead — ... In other baseball news, Seattle’s Erik Bedard, who hasn’t pitched since July, is finally going under the knife for “ ...

MLB Weekly
Hip 2 Da Game — ... - Looks like Erik Bedard is going to have shoulder surgery, which in my mind could effect his 2009 season as well. The Orioles certainly have benefited from the Bedard trade having picked up Adam Jones and George Sherrill in that deal. ...

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Mariners pitcher Erik Bedard will have shoulder surgery on Friday.