Red Sox are playing a little medicine ball
Advances in injury treatment, prevention could equal an advantage
The Red Sox are working to be at the leading edge of assessing, treating, preventing, and perhaps even forecasting injuries so effectively that it creates a competitive advantage. ![]() For team doctors, |

Information graphics
Major league physicals
Take a look at the deep medical scrutiny a pro athlete is subject to when he signs a big deal with a team.
DL database
Check MLB records for players who have been on the disabled list over the last two seasons.
Status report
Take a look at the Red Sox players returning from injuries and their outlook entering 2011.

Features
The jock doc
Meet Dr. Thomas J. Gill, who is every bit as competitive as the teams he treats, including the Red Sox.
Focus on future
With injury and illness behind him, utility infielder Jed Lowrie is eager to play up to his potential.
An extra edge
A new complex in Fort Myers will give the Red Sox a state-of-the-art rehab and training center they hope equates to a leg up on the competition.

Multimedia
Red Sox trivia quiz
Which Red Sox once hit four homers in a game? Who was a star running back in high school? See how well you know the 2011 Red Sox.
Ranking the Red Sox
Before spring training, Chad Finn rated the players from 25 to 1. At the end of the gallery, you can too.
Pick the batting order
Everyone's got an opinion on whom should bat where. Here's your chance to play manager.
Meet the 2011 Red Sox
The Red Sox are loaded for a serious run at the World Series. Here's a portrait gallery and brief bios of the players likely to be on the opening day roster.

- Video Tony Massarotti's positional scouting reports
- Video Tony Massarotti's Red Sox season preview
- Media Sundays may feel like Saturdays on ESPN
- Predictions Globe staff's MLB picks for 2011
- Contest Predict the Red Sox' season series

Scouting reports

Stats and stuff
- timelines Red Sox game coverage from 2004 to 2010
- Red Sox roster | Schedule | Statistics | Standings
Final: Red Sox 5, Twins 1
GAME OVER - Junichi Tazawa put a couple of runners on base but managed to protect the lead as the Red Sox won their fifth...













