11.   If rest and medication fail, then the Sox will likely consider surgery, Dugas said.

12.   If there is no progress, Hunsicker said surgery would be considered.

13.   If there still is pain, Pippen will consider surgery, which would sideline him for a couple of months at the least.

14.   If the trouble continues next spring training, then he will consider surgery more seriously.

15.   If you are considering the surgery, be sure you will not be a guinea pig for a surgeon who has done only a few procedures before yours.

16.   Love said he considered surgery, but he opted for rest instead.

17.   Mercer briefly considered surgery, but decided to wait it out.

18.   Seifert said the sprained ankle might be more of a problem than the knee but that no surgery is being considered.

19.   Surgery was considered.

20.   Unlike teammate Rick Tocchet, who had an off-season operation to repair a degenerative disk in his back, Granato said he never considered surgery.