Bob Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Red Sox ace Beckett has back spasms By HOWARD ULMAN, AP Sports Writer FORT MYERS, Fla. - Josh Beckett left Saturday's spring training game without facing a batter when he was bothered by back spasms as he warmed up. The Boston Red Sox ace, preparing to face the Florida Marlins, seemed to lose his footing on his last pitch and called catcher Jason Varitek to the mound. Beckett put his right hand on the lower middle part of his back and soon was joined by manager Terry Francona and infielders. The right-hander, the only 20-game winner in the majors last season, walked to the dugout without an apparent limp. The first batter for the Marlins was Hanley Ramirez, who was part of a seven-player trade that brought Beckett to the Red Sox in November 2005. Manny Delcarmen replaced him on the mound and retired all six batters he faced. Beckett had been healthy for almost all of his two seasons with the Red Sox. He made 33 starts in 2006 when he went 16-11 with a 5.01 ERA. He started 30 games last year, improved to 20-7 with a 3.27 ERA and finished second to Cleveland's C.C. Sabathia in the AL Cy Young Award voting. He went on the disabled list and missed two starts in May after tearing skin on his right middle finger. He won his first seven starts and was 9-0 before losing to Colorado on June 14. In the opener of the Red Sox sweep of the Rockies in the World Series, Beckett allowed one run and six hits in seven innings of Boston's 13-1 victory. On Saturday, Beckett was scheduled to make his third start of spring training, but his first against a regular major league lineup. His first two games were against Boston College and a Minnesota Twins "B" squad. In the 24-0 win over BC, Beckett struck out four in two perfect innings. Four days later, he allowed one unearned run and struck out five in three innings against the Twins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 dun dun dunnnnnnn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidhuman Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 thats not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 thats not good. i'm sure he'll be fine. he better be because he's on my jetnation team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Spring Training. Overly cautious. Don't panic. Yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaborJet Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Spring Training. Overly cautious. Don't panic. Yet. I agree. Not that I give a **** anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbn007 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I doubt it is anything serious. Although I would love to know what is going on a SoSH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidhuman Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Whats the latest on Josh Back-out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVM Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Unless he starts complaining about blisters again, Im not worried, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 This could become the Red Sox version of the 2007 Yankees when half the starters were hurt early in the year. That's no good. Dice-K probably isn't going to play when the Sox go to Japan as his wife is due to give birth. No Beckett, Dice-K or Schilling doesn't bode well for the Sox to open the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 This could become the Red Sox version of the 2007 Yankees when half the starters were hurt early in the year. That's no good. Dice-K probably isn't going to play when the Sox go to Japan as his wife is due to give birth. No Beckett, Dice-K or Schilling doesn't bode well for the Sox to open the season. Schilling is no great loss. Beckett and Matsuzaka are a different deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidhuman Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 This could become the Red Sox version of the 2007 Yankees when half the starters were hurt early in the year. That's no good. Dice-K probably isn't going to play when the Sox go to Japan as his wife is due to give birth. No Beckett, Dice-K or Schilling doesn't bode well for the Sox to open the season. As long as it ends like it did for the Sox for the Yankees, its all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxscott Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Prob has NOTHING to do with the extra bill he put on during the off season. Gotta love the Curt Shilling off season program, eat until you throw your back out. its what you get fatboy, have another twinkie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil Bit Special Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/spring2008/news/story?id=3296296 FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Red Sox ace Josh Beckett will miss the team's upcoming trip to Japan, where Boston will open the 2008 Major League Baseball season against the Oakland Athletics. Manager Terry Francona made the expected announcement Sunday, saying it was "common sense" to keep Beckett back in the United States as he recovers from back spasms. When asked if there is a target date for his return to the mound, Francona told ESPN.com's Jayson Stark that the Red Sox don't have one yet. "That target is whenever he is ready to pitch. When you start putting targets on people, that's when you hurt somebody. I guarantee that when he's ready to pitch he'll be ready. And it won't be a day later," Francona told ESPN.com. Beckett threw Sunday for the first time since he hurt his back eight days ago. He threw to pitching coach John Farrell from flat ground and was expected to do the same the next two days. Farrell said the ace right-hander would throw from the bullpen mound on Thursday. The team leaves Wednesday for four games in Tokyo. Beckett suffered back spasms when he threw his first warm-up pitch before a game against Florida. Francona said he isn't sure if Beckett will pitch in any minor league games. "It's still up in the air," Francona told ESPN.com. "We'll see what his progression is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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