"It's almost as if the whole episode did not happen.

There was Josh Beckett in the Red Sox clubhouse before last night's 11-10 loss to the Blue Jays, taking his iPad and belongings into the back room for a pregame get-together with his teammates. He did have a black ankle brace, not a boot, on his sprained right ankle, plus he was wearing some sort of knee-high sock.

But as he walked through the clubhouse without a limp, it was striking how far removed the Red Sox seemed from 24 hours earlier.

Then, before medical tests back in Boston revealed that Beckett had nothing worse than the sprained right ankle that was originally diagnosed on Monday, there were more than a few ripples of concern, if not panic, spreading through the organization and its followers.

The idea the club's best pitcher this season could miss the rest of the way with a foot problem was a huge obstacle thrown in the club's direction.

Now, it's like, "what ankle problem?""