According to Jeff Caplan of ESPN Dallas, Josh Hamilton will be examined next week to determine the extent of an injury self-diagnosed as a possible sports hernia during the World Series. "You're always concerned when surgery is being brought up, but he had surgery in '09 and bounced back and won the MVP," Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said. "Maybe that will be the lucky surgery." The scheduled examination will be with the same doctor who performed surgery on Hamilton in 2009 to repair a torn abdominal muscle that kept him out for over a month. Throughout the postseason he played in obvious pain and the injury clearly affected his power, outside of the two-run home run in Game 6.