With the season for baseball now over, its time for the post-season to kick in. And what better way to start it off with a show down between the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Angels of Anahiem. But things will start off a little shaky at the Anahiem stadium (set to start this Wednesday) with the Red Sox ace player sitting out. osh Beckett's first start in the AL first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Angels was pushed back to Game 3 after the Boston Red Sox ace injured his side throwing a bullpen session. Jon Lester will pitch the opener for the Boston Red Sox at the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night, followed by Daisuke Matsuzaka on Friday night, manager Terry Francona said.
Beckett, a postseason star, is slated to start Sunday's game at Fenway Park. A fourth game, if necessary, would be played in Boston next Monday. "He has to be able to go out there and execute his pitches," Francona said, "but I think he's going to be OK." Francona said after Sunday night's regular-season finale that Beckett strained the oblique muscle in his side on the 40th pitch of his normal side session Friday in the rain before the opener of a three-game series with the New York Yankees.
"I don't think it's frustrating," Francona said. "Things happen and you deal with them and if you deal with them well enough, you handle it. If you don't, you go home." In 2007 when the Red Sox won their second World Series in four years, Beckett was 4-0 in the postseason after going 20-7 with a 3.27 ERA during the regular season. In 10 postseason outings during his career, he is 6-2 with a 1.73 ERA.
Im betting that the Red Sox will take it all again this year. But that's just because I'm a little biased.
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