Red Sox Beckett Feeling Better After Hit To Head
FORT MYERS, Fla (CBS) - After getting hit in the head with a baseball and being diagnosed with a mild concussion on Monday, Josh Beckett is feeling much better the day after.
"I'm feeling better today. Felt like I got hit in the head," Beckett said casually Tuesday morning. "I think getting rid of some of the headache stuff I had yesterday is probably good. No activity I guess today."
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"He's improved today, he won't have any activity though," Red Sox Manager Terry Francona said. "He'll be evaluated again tomorrow and we'll see where that leads him. In regards to his start, we'll do whats in his best interest. If he can start, good. If he can't we can either push him back, we can throw a side. We'll do what's in his best interest."
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Francona did say Beckett was looking better and his eyes were clear. Beckett said walking up and down stairs gave him problems throughout the day on Monday, but he was able to get a good night's sleep.
"You go through a bunch of different emotions," Beckett said of when he first got hit. "First I was pissed because you don't know what happened. I tried to walk and got real dizzy so I just kind of took a knee."
The Red Sox will take it slow with Beckett's return and keep his activity to a minimum for the next few days. The team would like to keep him inside as much as possible, as well as restrict the amount of TV he watches.
Beckett could miss his scheduled start, but the right-hander is not worried about missing too much time.
"If I have to miss Thursday, I don't think it will be Wednesday before I pitch," Beckett said. "It will definitely be before then. If they push me back, they push me back."
"Obviously we have a ton of pitching," Francona added. "I think (pitching coach Curt Young) is sort of writing it in like he's not pitching, just to make sure we're all set."
Beckett was shagging fly balls in the outfield when assistant coach Ino Guerrero hit him with a ball he was trying to hit back into a bucket. Beckett did say one good thing could come of this.
"Maybe this will get pitchers out of shagging."
