Curt's not fat, and other "bad body" pitchers

Jim Rice has a new blog, thanks to a tire shop. He's tackling the tough issues and unafraid to say something controversial, such as explaining why Curt Schilling is not fat:

Last year people said Curt Schilling was fat. I thought Schilling was in fantastic shape. If you see him in the locker room, he’s not fat, he just has a bad body.

Josh Beckett, whose body hasn't been that great this spring, pitched well today in a minor league start:

Beckett threw 47 pitches, 33 for strikes, in four innings of work. He allowed one hit, a single by Rene Tosoni to lead off the fourth inning, and struck out five.

Hopefully, he'll start in Toronto.

The Phillies, meanwhile, may be scraping the bottom of the barrel to fill out their staff. Never mind the 11th or 12th man, the hefty Brett Myers says the Phillies have the best rotation in the league:

"That's what I think," he said. "Of course, that's my opinion, and nobody's going to care about my opinion."