Reds’ Rijo Has Elbow Surgery
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Cincinnati pitcher Jose Rijo had surgery to clean out scar tissue and a buildup of calcium in his reconstructed right elbow.
Dr. James Andrews also removed a bone formation during the operation in Birmingham, Ala.
Manager Ray Knight said it’s not necessarily a major setback for Rijo, who threw well early in spring training and then tailed off and developed a sore elbow.
“It’ll be, from what I was told today, just a couple of weeks’ setback,” Knight said.
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Baseball fans are slowly starting to come back, judging by attendance figures from the first week.
Despite bad weather that caused seven postponements, attendance was up 4.5% for the first 79 dates compared to last year. The first week average through Sunday was 26,579, up from 25,441 for a similar number of games last season.
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