THE FINAL STEP TO PRESERVE A CAREER<br>Bagwell picks surgery<br>June shoulder procedure ‘last-chance option,’ but Astro hopes for ‘05 return
Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell said Sunday he will undergo an operation next month described as a “last-chance option” to repair his injured right shoulder and salvage his baseball career. If the procedure succeeds, Bagwell hopes to play the last month of this season and return for 2006, the final year of his contract. “I have to do it,” Bagwell said at a news conference before Sunday’s AstrosGiants game at Minute Maid Park. “It’s the only way I can continue to play this game. “I want to play. I want to help the Houston Astros. It kills me that I …