MILWAUKEE -- The heavy-hitting Milwaukee Brewers offence is going to be missing a big bat when the season begins. First baseman Corey Hart is going to miss the next three to four months with an injured right knee that requires surgery, the team announced on Friday. Harts knee started to swell up during off-season workouts, and an MRI revealed a torn meniscus and other damage to the joint that will be surgically repaired by Dr. William Raasch on Tuesday. Its difficult timing for the two-time All-Star, who is entering the final year of his contract. Hart had one of his best seasons last year, hitting .270 with 30 homers and 83 RBIs to help the Brewers lead the National League in home runs and runs scored. He was one of five players in the lineup to hit at least 19 homers, including Ryan Braun (41), Aramis Ramirez (27), Rickie Weeks (21) and Carlos Gomez (19). Almost as important, he helped fill a void at first base when opening day starter Mat Gamel went down with a torn ACL in his right knee in May. Hart moved from right field to first base and performed well enough defensively there to convince the Brewers to keep him in that spot heading into 2013. Hart also had surgery on his right knee last spring to repair some damaged cartilage. He returned sooner than expected from that injury to be in the lineup on opening day and that resiliency will be tested again this year. Hart wont be able to put any weight on his right leg for six weeks after the surgery, meaning spring training will be well under way before Hart can even begin getting on the field to do any running or working out. If he takes the full estimated recovery time of about four months, Hart may not be playing in games until late May. Harts injury puts Gamel back into the mix as the starting first baseman. The 27-year-old was initially being slated to be bench player for the Brewers this season while working his way back from that knee injury. He hit .246 with one homer in 21 games last season before going down on May 1. He missed the final five months of the season but is expected to be back at 100 per cent when the Brewers report for spring training in February. A fourth-round draft pick in 2005, Gamel has played in just 106 games since making his major league debut in 2008. nike roshe run comprar . Behind every great team is a great coach. And the NHL has more than its fair share of distinguished bench bosses this season. nike roshe run baratas .500 both on the road and on the season; it was the Jets 22nd one-goal game this season (9-8-5). http://www.zapatillaskopenbaratas.es/ . -- The defence dominated, the running game clicked and the Oakland Raiders finally ended up on the winning end for the first time in seven weeks. nike free 3.0 v4 mujer baratas .Y. -- All Buffalo Bills employees will take a cut in pay during the NFL labour dispute, though no layoffs are planned. Nike Free 5.0 Hombre . It is not as though the returning players are about to take over the club, but the midfielders goal in a 2-1 victory over Toronto FC last Saturday at Olympic Stadium was a happy moment for the group that played last season in the North American Soccer League, which is rated as second division.NAGANO, Japan -- Shani Davis and Heather Richardson of the United States won their 1,000-meter races at the world sprint speedskating championships on Sunday. Davis clocked a time of 1 minute, 08.96 seconds to edge Denis Kuzin of Kazakhstan by 0.58 seconds. Michel Mulder of the Netherlands was third in 1:09.96. Richardson posted a time of 1:15.28 to win the womens 1,000, beating Chinas Hong Zhang by 0.16 seconds. Margot Boer of the Netherlands took third place with a time of 1:16.12. The world sprint speed skating championships features 50 of the fastest sprinters in the world competing in 500 and 1,000 metre races. Mulder won the mens 500 race in a time of 35.12, 0.05 seconds ahead of Daniel Greig of Australia. Keeiichiro Nagashima of Japan finished third in 35.dddddddddddd28. Jing Yu of China won the womens 500 with a time of 37.72, adding to her win in the same event on Saturday. Boer was second 0.33 seconds behind Yu. Richardson placed third in 38.04 seconds. Mulder won the overall mens title, which combines results from both days of competition while Yu won the womens title. Laurent Dubreuil of Levis, Que., had Canadas best result of the day, finishing fourth in the mens 500. Christine Nesbitt of London, Ont., will leave the event without a medal. Nesbitt, who won Olympic gold in the 1,000 four years ago in Vancouver, finished fifth in the 1,000 Sunday. She was also well off the pace in 14th in the 500. cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '