The St. Louis Cardinals will be without third basemen Troy Glaus for atleast three months as he recovers from shoulder surgery. Dr. Lewis Yocum performed the operation in Los Angeles on Glaus’s throwing shoulder. The procedure cleaned out the shoulder so hopefully Glaus will be pain free when making throws.

Glaus addressed reporters over the weekend at the annual Cardinals Care Winter Warm-Up and made no mention of any physical malady that had plagued him this winter.

Once again this is one of those deals that make you really think. Why didn’t Glaus have surgery a few weeks after the season was over? I don’t get it why athletics always wait around forever before going under the knife. Had this surgery been done earlier, Glaus would have been able to partake in spring training and not miss any time in the regular season.