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Breaking News: Lidge To Miss 3-6 Weeks

Brad Lidge will be out 3 to 6 weeks as he gets arthroscopic knee surgery. The procedure is tomorrow.

It looks as if Lidge should be back by Opening Day, but this clearly isn’t a good sign. That knee is in bad shape no matter how you slice it. It makes me wonder â€” after the Freddy Garcia debacle last season â€” how much the Phillies really investigate player health before making deals.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.