FORT MYERS, Fla. - For a few harrowing moments Saturday night, Theo Epstein envisioned the Red Sox arriving at Opening Day missing their starting middle infield. It's bad enough seeing "MRI results revealed" and "starting shortstop" in the same sentence. It's worse getting a panicked phone call from the Team USA general manager that fuses "MVP" and "oblique injury." (Full article: 961 words)

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