Sox’s Getz aims to come back strong in ‘10

CLEVELAND – White Sox second baseman Chris Getz already was saying his goodbyes before he found out the game Tuesday against the Cleveland Indians had been postponed because of rain.

The game was called more than two hours before it was scheduled to begin. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader today starting at 3:05 p.m., though rain is in the forecast.

Leaving the team to have surgery Thursday in Philadelphia was not the way Getz wanted his season to end. The lower oblique strain that put Getz on the disabled list Aug. 21 still is bothering him, and a specialist discovered it was a sports hernia. The original plan was to address it at the end of the season, but that went out the window with the Sox’s playoff chances.

”That’s why we’re getting it done now,” Getz said. ”It’s not like a serious surgery. It’s still surgery, but I think the recovery time will take about six weeks before you can start being fully active again. That’s why it’s better to get it done now so I can fully prepare for the start of the 2010 season.”

That also closed the book on a 2009 campaign during which Getz showed signs of being a stable force at second base for years to come.

Getz hit .261 with 49 runs and stole 25 bases in 27 attempts for an American League-best 92.6 percent success rate. He was limited to 107 games because of the injury.

”We knew that this probably had to be taken care of,” Getz said. ”It was just a matter of whether or not it was going to be rest or surgery, so obviously the rest was ruled out.”

Click here to read the full article – By JOE COWLEY of Southtownstar.com

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