1.   Blowers will have surgery to repair or replace the ligament in approximately two weeks, when the swelling subsides.

2.   If the ligament proves to be more severely damaged, doctors may perform a total reconstruction, replacing the ligament with a tendon.

3.   Mike Blowers will have his anterior cruciate ligament replaced during surgery Friday.

4.   Tissue from pig intestines is used to replace knee ligaments, and then stimulates new human cell growth so that pig gut turns into human ligament.

5.   Arizona minor league RHP John Patterson, long considered a future starter, will have surgery Thursday to replace a ligament in his right elbow.

6.   Baltimore pitcher Scott Erickson will have a ligament replaced in his right elbow, likely to sideline him for at least a year.

7.   He had a ligament replaced and missed the entire season.

8.   Smoltz had a ligament replaced and missed the entire season.