The labrum is a layer of muscle that helps holds the ball-shaped hip joint in place.

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The Yankees immediately scheduled a more extensive dye-contrast MRI, which showed a significant tear of the labrum, the socket padding that holds the ball of the shoulder joint in place.

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Think of the labrum as a ring of soft tissue that holds the ball of the femur, or thighbone, snugly in the hip joint's socket.

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Even that kind of ball-striking paled in comparison with 2003 winner Padraig Harrington who was beaten into joint second by a stroke, alongside South African James Kingston.

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