Josh Beckett

Beckett left Sunday's game with a cut on his middle finger, and apparently it's bad enough that he's gonna miss his start this Friday.

If this were 2004 or before, we'd all be talking about how The Curse is rearing it's ugly head. This time in the form of the Yankees signing Clemens right around the time the Sox ace gets hurt and might have to go on the disablied list. But this isn't 2004 or before. So we won't mention that.

Rain postponed tonight's game, so the Red Sox and Tigers will play 2 tomorrow. If rain gets one of those games, then I guess Schilling will go tomorrow and Tavarez will take Beckett's start. If not, the Red Sox said someone from Pawtucket will come up and pitch Friday. Kason Gabbard seems to be the favorite. He'd be throwing on 3 days rest though. I know it's not gonna happen, but Lester's suppose to resume his rehab stint with the Paw Sox Saturday. How 'bout moving him up and night and giving him a shot with the big team? It'd be nice, but I bet Lester will only go like 3 innings. The team wants him to throw 50-55 pitches and come back up to Boston around the middle of June. Jon wants to throw 100 and come back tomorrow.


P.S.- For clarification, the Red Sox AAA affiliate is the Pawtucket Red Sox. The team is called the Paw Sox for short.