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A's 3B Chavez has season-ending surgery (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Athletics third baseman Eric Chavez had back surgery Tuesday, a season-ending procedure he hopes will salvage his career. The six-time Gold Glover, on the 60-day disabled list with a herniated disk and strained right forearm, had the operation performed by Dr. Robert Watkins in Los Angeles. It was the second back surgery for Chavez -- the same microdiscectomy surgery in a different spot -- and his...