MEDICAL WATCH: 3B Mike Lowell (sore left thumb) went on the disabled list April 10. 

The "Iron Man" finally suffered an injury that he couldn't simply grit his teeth through. 

--3B Mike Lowell was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left thumb, and he indicated that it was roughly a two- to four-week timetable for recovery. 

It's only April, and both teams may be struggling and banged up, but - weather permitting - there will undoubtedly be an extra buzz at Fenway Park on Friday night when the arch-rival Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees open a three-game set and their seas 

Maybe it was because he was otherwise absorbed signing two boxes of World Series baseballs, or maybe it was the picture of his visit to the White House that was resting by his left elbow as he sat at his locker in the Fenway Park clubhouse. 

The Boston Red Sox placed World Series MVP Mike Lowell on the 15-day disabled list Thursday, one day after he sprained his left thumb diving for a ground ball. 

When World Series MVP Mike Lowell went on the disabled list, his workload fell upon Kevin Youkilis and Sean Casey.