Found February 04, 2009 on Sox Addict: Yardbarker Blogger Network
The Red Sox quietly released a statement today saying that outfielder Mark Kotsay had back surgery on January 29th. Kotsay had a displaced disc fragment removed and he probably won?t be available until Remember the other day when I said that the Sox signed Brad Wilkerson in case Lowell, ...
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