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Furcal to Miss Eight More Weeks Following Back Surgery
Published 7/3/2008 by Will Brinson at FanHouse
Filed under: Los Angeles, Dodgers, NL West, MLB Injuries, MLB Rumors, Injury Report, Fantasy MLBThe injuries seemed like they were maybe, possibly, kind of taking a turn for the better for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Then they got the brutal news early Thursday that leadoff hitter and sparkplug of the offense Rafael Furcal will miss another eight weeks after undergoing back surgery. Manager Joe Torre would not concede that Furcal will be lost for the rest of the season, but neither did he say he's holding his breath awaiting Furcal's return. "From all the numbers I've heard, he'll probably miss a minimum of eight ...

Furcal Will Get Surgery On His Back
Published 7/3/2008 by kensai (noreply@blogger.com) at Fire Ned Colletti Now
... about Will Carroll believing that surgery for Raffy was now a serious option. As it turns out, his thoughts were completely correct, and the offical Dodgers site announced that Furcal would go through with an operation on his back. ...

Minor League Scorebook
Published 7/3/2008 by Rob (noreply@blogger.com) at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
... Rafael Furcal will miss at least eight weeks (and probably more) due to back surgery. Similar surgeries to Eric Gagne and Kevin Brown resulted in lost seasons. ...