Posted by Teddy Panos, Sun Staff
Final Score
Red Sox 2
Angels 1
Deal with the Devil: So is that the deal? To get the good Josh Beckett, we have to live with the blister problems that plagued him so often in
It’s kind of a bummer to what was a nice couple of nights. The Red Sox stopped the bleeding and took two in a row from a good Angels club. Beckett rediscovered his dominating form and was the pitcher we expected. And then, just like that, he’s gone because of a blister.
Not that the Sox will confirm it, but the natural conclusion is that in order to avoid chronic blister problems, he’s been doing something different this year, whether it’s altering his grip or avoiding throwing certain pitches and getting pounded as a result. The assumption is that last night he went back to being the stud from the National League. And it worked, except that with the positive came the negative and now his next start is in question.
Talk about a catch-22.
You think this has been the issue with Beckett all year? If so, what can he and the Sox do? Any skin doctors out there care to chime in with their thoughts and possible remedies?