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The wraps are off: some high-profile players have a lot to prove as they come back from major injuries.(MLB)

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Dodgers right fielder J.D. Drew knows injuries. In his big-league career, he has banged up everything from his ankles to his knees to his wrists to his shoulders to his neck. He'll tell you the only good thing about an injury is getting over it. He'll also tell you the only certainty about the getting-over-it part is no one knows for certain when he is indeed over it.

Listen to the doctors, follow the trainers' orders, stick to the rehab schedule, and try to be patient. Drew, who missed the second half of last season after breaking his left wrist, has come back so many times he has the patience part down.

"You can't rush it," he says. "You listen to ...

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