Twitter Alert: Lowell to the DL?

The Red Sox placed Mike Lowell on the disabled list today, retroactive to June 28 with his ongoing hip problems. That means he will be out until the All-Star Break, and could be reactivated on July 17th, when the Red Sox open the second half in Toronto.Jeff Bailey was brought up from Pawtucket, and will be in the lineup tonight, at first base and batting ninth. Kevin Youkilis will...

If you haven't heard, Mike Lowell has been injected.  But the injection may or may not cure the problem.  If it doesn't work, no further problems will arise, but the current problem of course may still reside:"The good news is if it doesn't work, [it won't be a setback]. It's just a gel that can really coat that joint. We'll get that done tomorrow...

Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right hip. Lowell had fluid drained from his hip Monday in Boston, and received an injection designed to the surgically repaired joint. The move is retroactive to June 28; Lowell had played in only two of Boston's last nine games and returned to Boston following Sunday...

BALTIMORE (AP) -- Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right hip.

Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right hip.

Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right hip.

Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right hip.

by Knox BardeenFiled under: Red Sox, MLB InjuriesComplaining of stiffness and limited to only nine at-bats over the last week, Mike Lowell on Monday, saw team Doctors.In the midst of injecting Mike Lowell with Synvisc to coat the joint in his surgically repaired hip yesterday, the Red Sox [team stats] medical staff also drained 15 ccs of fluid from the area.While this procedure could...

Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell's ailing right hip has forced him from the team once more.

Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a strained right hip.

The Boston Red Sox will wait a few days to see how third baseman Mike Lowell's ailing right hip responds to the latest treatment.

Snapshots of me come in three flavors: goofy, deranged and retarded. The last photo taken of me in which I looked somewhat human was my fifth grade school portrait. That's kinda why I dig me some Jonathan Papelbon. I've never seen a photo of the guy in which he doesn't look like he's either drunk, hungover or trying to convince some unsuspecting college girls to help...

Ask a layman like myself what a hip injury means and the first thing that comes to mind would be the fragile pelvis bones of our elderly relatives and how dangerous they can be when they suffer accidental falls. But talk to the training staff of a big league team about hip injuries and you're likely to hear tales of woe involving serious muscle tears to star players. In fact...