Posted by Rob Bradford

First of all, some of you have asked Sox questions which I will answer later today. I would like to get a few more so we can make an entire entry out of it, so keep them coming.

Clay Buchholz and Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell were hunkered around one of the many laptops strewn throughout the visitors clubhouse before Monday night’s game, looking at a program which not allows to view frame by frame replays of any player in any game situation, but also has the ability to present two instances side by side, or even overlap images.

What they uncovered was that Buchholz was drifting forward upon beginning his approach to the plate with runners on base, causing problems with the location of his pitches.

“It’s more like a drift in my delivery,” Buchholz explained. “When I’m in the windup I’m fine, but when I’m in the stretch, I go to my balance point, I pick my leg up and I’m already going forward. It’s not allowing me to get the ball out of my glove and really be on top.

“We did one side by side where I waited back and threw a pitch and one where I didn’t wait back. In one frame you can see the difference where my upper body is at and where my lower body is at, the right way, and in the other one it’s all out of whack. Fastballs when I stay back and let myself to get on top of it its for the most part where I want to throw it, and when I don’t that’s when the ball tails back over the middle.”

The video treasure trove was something new for Buchholz, who had touched on the problem in the bullpen, but never addressed it by breaking down actual game situations using this kind of technology.

“Staying back is always something I’ve gone through in my head,” said Buchholz, who is coming off a one-inning stint Sunday and is scheduled to start Wednesday. “I can do it in the bullpen where I’m going 80 percent, but in the game its a little bit harder because I’m not trying to think about mechanics when I’m out there pitching.”

Curt Schilling also went on WEEI today with Mike Felger and Joe Haggerty. Here is a synopsis:

- The more time he “moves away from playing” the less likely it is he will come back.

“Baseball stuff I miss is the day of. Beyond that I don’t miss much else,” he said. “I don’t miss the daily mental grind, I don’t miss the media thing, I don’t miss a lot of it … I enjoy living normal.”

- When spring training arrives that will be the biggest test, but he doesn’t know how much his inclination is going to change.

- He wouldn’t rule out returning to the Red Sox.

- As for the post-Manny clubhouse atmosphere, which he witnessed upon returning to the park last Friday, “It’s lighter. There’s no BS, there’s no stuff … It’s nice to see those guys and Tito enjoy it a little bit.”

- Not having normal spring training sometimes can have an affect on pitchers, and that might be the case with Josh Beckett. He sees no reason why Beckett won’t still be dominant in October.

Schilling also added another post on 38 Pitches today.