Posted by Frank Klose
Despite many reports to the contrary such as this one from Sporting News, Jimmy Rollins did NOT have surgery in Philadelphia on Thursday. The Phillies' own website had a story here earlier, but it has been retracted. Sporting News and other sites cited MLB.com in their reports.
My Twitter follower Francine Green saw these reports and asked Phillies beat writer for Calkins Media and Phillyburbs.com Kevin Cooney:
I too saw the report this afternoon, so I just asked Jimmy myself:
So, there you have it. His wrist is perfectly fine to use the pen to sign his forthcoming Phillies contract.
PS – He also does not want to be Mayor of Philadelphia:
