Dear Josh Beckett:


If you have to pitch like this to save your finger from the "torn flap of skin," (now being called an "avulsion,") then by all means, do so.... but please don't DL us. We are a little concerned that the Boston Herald reports you're planning to use "Stan's Rodeo Ointment." Here's some Internet first aid advice for it.

-- OTW Fan Club (Digit Watch Dept.)

Ps: we here in Digit Watch Fan Central don't even mind if you go (no pun intended) Moises/Jorge on us (just don't expect us to shake hands): "the Moises Alou method of blister prevention: Earlier this season (2004) the Cubs outfielder, who doesn't wear batting gloves, said he urinated on his hands to toughen the skin. (The Yankees' Jorge Posada vouched for the trick's effectiveness, though presumably he uses his own urine, not Alou's.)"

Ps2: click on your old photo above for another solution.

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