TwitterOh No
28 Aug 2008
Josh Beckett, originally scheduled to start Friday night, has been scratched and will instead visit Dr. James Andrews ESPN is reporting.
Andrew’s name is so closely linked with Tommy John surgery that any mention of him sends chills down my spine.
Theo Epstein was quoted as saying that ‘though the numbness in Beckett’s fingers has subsided, the elbow "doesn’t fell 100 percent."
According to Francona, "I think the best word I can use is we’re just trying to get some closure. We never want to send anyone out there that’s not 100 percent. We’re no more pessimistic about him today than we were, but when he goes out there we want him to be able to pitch with peace of mind."
Just visiting Andrews requires that the Red Sox get ready for a playoff push without Josh Beckett. Not a good scenario by any means.
The optimist in me says that the Red Sox having been winning without Beckett’s "A" game this year and have done well in his recent absence, but the realist in me says sure the Red Sox can win without him, but the job gets much harder.
The Red Sox have piled up the injuries this year with 3 regulars currently on the DL (Lowell, Drew and Lugo) and their ace looking for answers.
Aug 29, 2008 @ 07:44:45
Tito tried to downplay it but a visit to Dr Andrews is like having an airline mechanic looking at a plane to decide if it can fly with one of the wings dangling from the fuselage.
No visit to Andrews ever implies anything good. Even if he says no surgery, then the implications are that he might not pitch again this year anyway.
Prepare for the worst. Dice K has to step up even further. Dice and Lester as 1-2 is ok, who assumes #3 if/when they make the playoffs?
Aug 29, 2008 @ 10:55:02
let’s see – a guy who throws in the mid 90s on a regular basis with a snapping motion to his arm develops pain, tingling and numbness in his arm and elbow. The problems stop when he stops “doing that” (think the old Vaudeville routine here) … and Tito thinks it’s not much to worry about? I thought only Girardi was that silly.