- So it looks like the Sox traded for Josh Beckett, who has had a blister injury recur six times and landed on the DL another three times because of a pulled back muscle, strained oblique and a sprained elbow. Hey, he’s 25 and a very good pitcher when on the mound but I am not gonna do cartwheels over 150 innings of 120 ERA+ pitching, which is really all he appears to be able to chip in. Really that’s just Kirk Saarloos in 2005 minus 7 or 8 earned runs. I think I am supportive of this deal because of Beckett’s potential but I am tempering my enthusiasm. And for what it’s worth, I think Lowell could bounce back pretty nicely this season. Whither Youks?

- Jim Beattie and Jim Bowden were each back for their second interviews yesterday. Still feeling awesome about life?

Yes, yesterday was the very best day for baseball fans here in Boston since the Red Sox clinched a post-season berth on the last day of the 2005 regular season. But we are far from out of the woods.

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