Former FSU baseball player Mientkiewicz to have surgery

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Royals first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz - who played at Florida State in the early 1990s - was scheduled for Thursday for season-ending back surgery on Aug. 29. The operation will be performed in Los Angeles by Dr. Robert Watkins, who will remove a portion of the herniated disc that has been causing Mientkiewicz to lose strength in one leg.

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