Huff to have hernia surgery, miss 4-6 weeks

by zknower on Jan 10, 2008 9:12 PM EST in News & Rumors

Those of you who'd hoped we could somehow trade him might as well take off the rose-colored glasses. Per mlb.com:

BALTIMORE -- Aubrey Huff became Baltimore's first offseason casualty Thursday night, when the designated hitter announced through the Orioles that he will undergo surgery to repair a sports hernia on Friday in Philadelphia. Huff, who hit 15 home runs last year, is expected to be able to resume full activity in six weeks.

That return date could cause him to miss the first few days of Spring Training, which are generally reserved for sprints and light conditioning. Huff, a notoriously slow starter throughout his career, followed that same pattern in 2007, but also hit for the cycle and posted batting averages of .363 and .330 in the final two months of the season.

Wait. I thought Tejada was the first off-season casualty.

Tweet Comment 18 comments | 0 recs |

Do you like this story?

Comments

re:

Tejada can't be considered a casualty. He got what he wanted.

Thanks for the time that you've given me...

by Scott Christ on Jan 11, 2008 12:55 AM EST reply actions

Apparently

Vaseline stock just took a 4% drop in off hours trading on the news.

Friend of the Working Man

by Jonnypops on Jan 11, 2008 8:42 AM EST reply actions

Glad to see he waited

until JANUARY to get this fixed. Nice job, Audrey.

"In my 15 years of baseball, I've never seen anything that no one had any idea of anything that was there." - Drayton McLane, Astros owner.

by duck on Jan 11, 2008 9:30 AM EST reply actions

He probably go a hernia...

...from carrying around his big, fat ego.

"Baltimore? That's like being hit in the head with a crowbar once a day."

by spike2131 on Jan 11, 2008 10:47 AM EST reply actions

Or....

his early morning road trip ritual, as he described in his Bubba the Love Sponge appearance...

"In my 15 years of baseball, I've never seen anything that no one had any idea of anything that was there." - Drayton McLane, Astros owner.

by duck on Jan 11, 2008 12:36 PM EST up reply actions

I really

couldn't give less of a shit about this.

"If you're not practicing, somebody else is, somewhere, and he'll be ready to take your job." -Brooks Robinson

by exitfare on Jan 11, 2008 11:45 AM EST reply actions

Also....

I haven't seen this addressed anywhere - why in the world is Huff waiting until NOW to get this taken care of? Who's his personal trainer, Shaquille O'Neal? Is this a new injury in the off-season? And if it is, I don't want to know how he got it, given the details that emerged on his last appearance on Bubba the Love Sponge's show...

"In my 15 years of baseball, I've never seen anything that no one had any idea of anything that was there." - Drayton McLane, Astros owner.

by duck on Jan 11, 2008 12:43 PM EST reply actions

What's wrong with Shaq?

When the heat is on, the pain is gone.

...Of course, after the heat is off, the pain comes back. But by then you're 8 deep into a 12 pack & halfway through a bottle of Jergen's & a box of Kleenex, right Aubrey? Huh, Huff? You horsesh*t jerkoff!

Yeah, I am way ready for Huff to be traded/released/run over by a derailed CSX car.

Our fans are better than yours.

by OEutaw on Jan 11, 2008 4:08 PM EST up reply actions

Shaq is teh KING

of waiting until the week before training camp to get surgery done.

"In my 15 years of baseball, I've never seen anything that no one had any idea of anything that was there." - Drayton McLane, Astros owner.

by duck on Jan 11, 2008 9:05 PM EST up reply actions

Was anybody else hoping...

...that there would be some tragic mishap and Huff would die on the operating table? I know it's a longshot, but we can dream, right?

by KenDixonFanClub on Jan 11, 2008 10:59 PM EST reply actions

I don't need him dead

just off this team.

"In my 15 years of baseball, I've never seen anything that no one had any idea of anything that was there." - Drayton McLane, Astros owner.

by duck on Jan 12, 2008 7:32 AM EST up reply actions

My thinking is that...

...dead is the only way he is getting off this team.

by KenDixonFanClub on Jan 12, 2008 9:49 AM EST up reply actions

duck,

think practically here, eh? The next best chance to have him off the O's is for him to die on the operating table. Assuming he lives through that, then you can go back to hoping for him to be traded or released.

By the way, I'm not willing to say that Huff doesn't love his Mom, but I speculate he does not take him vitamins, the bastard. :P

"True friends stab you in the front."-Oscar Wilde.

by NHZ @ Camden Chat on Jan 12, 2008 12:06 PM EST up reply actions

You have a good memory

Geez, that's was liek APRIL of last year!

And I think we might be able to get out of his contract if he gets caught with a hooker and some blow in Tiajuana. OK, make that a MALE UNDERAGE hooker, but I think that would do it. We don't need him dead. But anything less than a felony, I think he's here, unfortunately.

"In my 15 years of baseball, I've never seen anything that no one had any idea of anything that was there." - Drayton McLane, Astros owner.

by duck on Jan 12, 2008 8:46 PM EST up reply actions

Huff

Good article on his first year in Baltimore.

http://mlbfleecefactor.com/2008/01/12/a-look-back-aubrey-huff-year-one/

He robbed the O's.

by em3 on Jan 12, 2008 3:23 AM EST reply actions

huff

Aubrey really did have an amazing couple of months with the Orioles. Of course, by then we were as relevant as Mike Gravel, but I still hold out some hope that he can have a scorching first half and then we can trade him too. Of course, if I've learned anything from MacPhail, it takes him about a three hours to decide what to have for breakfast.

Librarians are hiding something

by dfa on Jan 12, 2008 4:12 PM EST reply actions

Hey, I resemble that remark!

I liked Mike Gravel-- and wish two or three other Americans had joined me in that sentiment. On the other hand, you may be giving Mac too much credit, as it seems to me he takes, oh, 4 hrs. to pick the Kellogg's Variety Pack and then another 90 min. to settle on raisin bran.

And yeah, Huff plus hernia equals self-abuse is just too chuckle-festy to let pass. If it weren't for the writers' strike, this prolly would've gotten more play.

p.s. dfa: I like librarians, believe me-- but I don't get the "hiding something" thing. Shouldn't the bumper sticker be Librarians Do It Without Booking In Advance or Librarians Really Stack It Up or something?

I was going to contribute to the Alberto Gonzales Defense Fund, but I forgot.

by Titov on Jan 12, 2008 6:51 PM EST up reply actions