Phillies' Lidge Could Miss Start of Season: ; Spring Training

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While the Philadelphia Phillies could be without injured closer Brad Lidge on opening day, the Boston Red Sox plan to keep manager Terry Francona around for years to come.

Lidge, Philadelphia's biggest offseason addition, is scheduled for arthroscopic surgery on his right knee today that will sideline him for three to six weeks. He limped off the field Saturday after catching a spike in the mound on his first pitch of batting practice.

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Phillies' Lidge Could Miss Start of Season: ; Spring Training

Doctors removed torn cartilage from the same knee in October. This time, they'll remove all or part of the damaged meniscus.

"Ideally, if everything went right I wouldn't miss any of the season because that wo...

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