Monday, March 10, 2008

Beckett’s back worsens, Crisp and Lugo still hurt

Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo and Coco Crisp

Josh Beckett’s back flared up today, and he feels pretty pessimistic about his chances of pitching soon.

He said he had difficulty sleeping last night because of the back, and said he did not know when he’ll be able to resume baseball activity.

“I was a lot more optimistic yesterday than I am today,” Beckett said.

At this point it seems unlikely that Beckett will be making the trip to Japan, which was my original fear

In other injury news, Coco Crisp didn’t take batting practice today because his left groin is still sore.

Damnit Coco, don’t you know it’s hard to trade you when you can’t play?

“The problem is when he’s running straight forward,” Red Sox manager Terry Francona said yesterday. “He’s just not ready. He’s trying to be ready, he’s just not ready.”

And why stop there?

Lugo is still out with a sore back. He was expected to take some swings today, but didn’t show up at BP.

Meanwhile, I’m waiting for a smallpox epidemic to hit camp.

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