Indians first base coach Sandy Alomar says Sizemore's chances of recovering from mircrofracture surgery are good. Alomar underwent the procedure twice.
Indians coach Sandy Alomar Jr. is proof that Grady Sizemore's microfracture surgery need not end his big-league career.CHICAGO, Ill. -- This is a daily review of the Indians' 2010 season. They play the White Sox tonight in the second game of a three-game series at U.S. Cellular Field.
The dimensions at U.S. Cellular are 330 feet down the left field line, 400 to center field, 372 in right center and 335 down the right field line.
Game 54: Center fielder Grady Sizemore had microfracture surgery on his left knee Friday. He'll be recovering for the next six to nine months.
Sandy Alomar Jr. says if the surgery takes, Sizemore should be fine. Alomar had microfracture surgery on his left knee twice while playing for the Indians.
He had it the first time before the 1995 season. Dr. Richard Steadman, who operated on Sizemore in Vail, Colo., operated on Alomar.
"The doctors said I'd be out six months," said Alomar. "I made it back in three months. I had a divot in my bone. At that time no one in baseball knew what it was. I had to have surgery because I couldn't squat down to catch."
Alomar, an All-Star catcher for the Indians, had the procedure done again in 1999.
"If you get that thing done, you should be OK," said Alomar, referring to Sizemore. "I played all the way from 1995 until 2007 and I was catching. The guy Steadman is pretty good. He operated on Carlos Beltran, too, and he's just about ready to come back for the Mets."
Microfracture surgery makes tiny fractures in the joint, causing it to bleed and create a scab. That scar replaces loose or damaged cartilage that's been removed through surgery or injury.
"It's flip a coin, but once you come back you should be solid," said Alomar. "Once it becomes calcified, you should be all right."
Lineups
Indians (20-33): CF Trevor Crowe (S), RF Shin-Soo Choo (L) LF Austin Kearns (R), 1B Russell Branyan, 3B Jhonny Peralta (R), DH Travis Hafner (L), 2B Luis Valbuena (L), C Lou Marson (R), SS Jason Donald (R) and RHP Mitch Talbot (6-4, 3.78).
White Sox (23-31): LF Juan Pierre (L), SS Alexei Ramirez (R), CF Alex Rios (R), 1B Paul Konerko (R), DH Andruw Jones (R), RF Carlos Quentin (R), C Ramon Castro (R), 2B Gordon Beckham (R), 3B Jayson Nix (R) and RHP Jake Peavy (4-4, 6.23).
Umpires: H Lance Barksdale, 1B Ed Rapuano, 2B Tom Hallion, 3B Ron Kulpa.
Quote of the day: "A manager has his cards dealt to him and he must play them," Miller Huggins, former Yankees manager, from Baseball's Greatest Quotations by Paul Dickson.
Next: RHP Jake Westbrook (3-3, 4.36) vs. LHP Mark Buehrle (3-6, 4.84).