Doc Rivers To Have Throat Surgery

"Celtics coach Doc Rivers will have surgery today to remove a noncancerous growth from his throat, a team spokesman confirmed. The procedure comes seven months after Rivers had a biopsy to determine if lesions on his throat were cancerous. The results of those tests came back negative (Boston.com)."

I guess Rivers has family history of throat cancer, so it is great news that this isn't anything more serious. I do wonder if this had anything to do with him never having a voice. I know he yells a lot during the game, but it got to the point where he could barely talk. Hopefully everything goes well, and maybe we will be able to understand him better later in the games.

Kendry Morales Out For The Season

- The Los Angeles Angels announced Wednesday that first baseman Kendrys Morales will undergo season-ending surgery on his left ankle.

Morales met with an ankle specialist in Colorado on Monday and, after consulting with Angels trainers and doctors, elected to undergo surgery to "clean up" scar tissue and bone cysts in the area of the ankle he fractured while celebrating a game-winning home run on May 29, 2010.ESPN

This sucks for the Angels and for all fantasy owners across the land. Morales is a real good 1st baseman who is capable of hitting 40 homers and being the cleanup hitter of a line up. It's too bad he's gone for the season. Especially since he had the celebration injury that caused him all of 2010. I believe Morales is a free agent after this year so he could be a potential steal for anyone taking the risk as he is only 27.

Adam Dunn Has Emergency Appendectomy

"Tough break for the White Sox as it’s being reported that Adam Dunn had an emergency appendectomy this morning. He apparently fell-ill last night after the Royals-Sox game (NBC Sports)."

The good news here is that this is the less severe surgery then a lot of other appendectomy surgeries. Word is that he could be back in a little less then a week. I think Dunn is in for a huge year. He has a lot of protection in this lineup with Quentin, Konerko, Rois, ect. Dunn has been on a tear already this year hitting .571 with 1 HR and 5 RBIs, so hopefully this time off doesn't throw him off his current hot streak.

Mark Teahen is the likely replacement to replace Adam Dunn at DH while he recovers.