Backe to undergo Tommy John surgery

[homer]

 Astros starter hopes to return by end of next season

 

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The right-hander will have Tommy John elbow surgery next Thursday in Birmingham, Ala. Dr. James Andrews will perform the procedure.  

[Phil_in_CS]

well, crap.

[utastro]

It's probably for the best.  If he tried to rest and come back next year and then go through the elbow injury all over again, he would be out till the 2009 season.  This way he will be back in 2008.  Hope he comes back strong in 2008.

[Limey]

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It's probably for the best.  If he tried to rest and come back next year and then go through the elbow injury all over again, he would be out till the 2009 season.  This way he will be back in 2008.  Hope he comes back strong in 2008.

Better than he was before.  Better.  Stronger.  Faster.

[Holly]

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It's probably for the best.  If he tried to rest and come back next year and then go through the elbow injury all over again, he would be out till the 2009 season.  This way he will be back in 2008.  Hope he comes back strong in 2008.

Better than he was before.  Better.  Stronger.  Faster.

 M?s r?pidamente.

[Astrobabe]

They should put him in the booth while he recovers. It would be a ratings bonanza. If not, can he still be the cheerleader?

[astrox]

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It's probably for the best.  If he tried to rest and come back next year and then go through the elbow injury all over again, he would be out till the 2009 season.  This way he will be back in 2008.  Hope he comes back strong in 2008.

Better than he was before.  Better.  Stronger.  Faster.

Ok, this is too freaky.  I looked up this exact clip on You Tube this afternoon for a totally unrelated purpose.

Lee Majors = this year's Baio??

[Astroholic]

I vote for Fults.

[David in Jackson]

I suppose there's some regret he didn't make this decision some months ago, but it's not a surprise.  Now the Astros have one reliable starter under contract for '07, right?

[Bench]

It's comments like  this that make me love having Backe on the squad:

 

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"It's possibly Biggio's last year next year and I'm not going to be able to play," said Backe, a native of Galveston, who grew up idolizing Biggio and Jeff Bagwell. "It's the little things that not many people really care about but I do -- things like that that I'm possibly going to miss out on. Hopefully, I can make it back in 10 months and play a month with him."

[Bill McLuggage]

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They should put him in the booth while he recovers. It would be a ratings bonanza. If not, can he still be the cheerleader?

Bill Brown:  There's a deep fly ball to center field off the bat of Berkman...

Backe:  GET OUTTA HERE, BALL!  YEAHHHHH!!!!  I KNOW HIM!