Opening Day (sort of)

The Red Sox and Athletics kicked off the season this morning at 6:30 Eastern time in Tokyo. Got a chance to see an inning or two this morning.  Dice-K looked shaky at first and Oakland went up 2-0.  He seems to have settled down and Boston currently leads 3-2 in the bottom of the 6th.

 Brandon Moss is playing RF instead of JD Drew.

 8:24AM – Jack Hannahan homered off of Kyle Snyder to put Oakland back on top 4-3.

8:33AM – Just learned that Drew was scratched due to stiffness in his lower back (of course I just picked him up yesterday in fantasy baseball, so it’s my fault) which I can relate to.

8:57 AM – Brandon Moss just homered with one out in the top of the ninth to tie the game at 4 apiece.

9:29 AM – Manny just doubled in Lugo and Ortiz… 6-4 Boston in the top of the 10th.

9:53 AM – The game is in the books… Boston 6, Oakland 5.  161 more games to go.

Back degrading?

Ended up taking a Flexoril last night (muscle relaxant) which knocked me out pretty good.  This morning I’m in some measurable pain, but nothing down my legs, which is fortunate.  What concerns me is that I’m starting to experience more and more the symptoms that occurred when I first injured my back, namely my legs want to go one way and my torso and upper body want to go another way.  My brother in law (a doctor) thinks I should get an MRI.  I’m on the fence about that.  I don’t know how much our insurance would cover that and I ultimately don’t know what good it would do.