BOSTON -- It may not have qualified as a bombshell, but when Red
Sox outfielder J.D. Drew arrived in Fort Myers, Fla., and
started talking "clean up," it caught more than a few folks by
surprise. In a town full of fans that devour and surgically
dissect every tidbit of information about their beloved
ballclub, Drew's declaration was a surprise.  In case you missed
it, Drew wasn't sore about where he was batting last season, he
was sore when he was batting. The right fielder disclosed that
he had been bothered by a painful left shoulder much of the 2009
season and received two cortisone shots in an attempt to find
relief. But when his balky left shoulder didn't improve, even in
the offseason, he opted for the surgical solution.  "It
certainly sounds as though the Red Sox took a prudent approach,"
said Dr. Joe DeAngelis, a surgeon in the department of
orthopedics at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center who
specializes in sports medicine and shoulder surgery. "You always
start with the most conservative treatmen