A couple days ago, we made light of the fact that the Red Sox would be throwing Josh Beckett and Daisuke Matsuzaka twice each against a rebuilding Oakland Athletics squad.
Unfortunately, shipping off Rich Harden and Joe Blanton hasn’t been part of that process, and Bob Geren says Harden is ready to go for Game 1 — assuming he’s healthy of course.
So the Tokyo Dome masses should see some good pitching during the series, if nothing else.