Red Sox Injury Flavor-Of-The-Month: The Bum Thumb

Perhaps this team should be re-named The Glass Menagerie, with "Fragile, Handle With Care" stamped on their uniforms. It's not even Opening Day and the DL is already in mid-season form. The latest member of the Big Ouchie Club: Andrew Bailey, whose bum thumb is going under the knife and putting him out of commission for at least half the season. You know who else has thumb trouble? Josh Beckett, who is seeking a third opinion on that vexing digit. Yes, a third opinion. The Red Sox #2 starter had better not join Bailey on the operating table or things could get ugly in short order. The starting rotation is skin and bones even with Beckett. Without him, I shudder to think how both the rotation and bullpen will suffer.