It's time to play a game... what's in Julian Tavarez's trash bag? That is not any kind of wacky euphemism, it is an honest question. From the Globe:

Terry Francona got to indulge in his usually gleeful drill, the one where he hits (slightly softer) baseballs at his pitchers, who have to field them. A few bruises usually emerge, and this year the victim seemed to be Julian Tavarez, who walked out of the complex carrying a large trash bag filled with stuff. You just never know with him.

Those nice, fancy, custom Red Sox equipment bags and player duffels don't interest Julian - he prefers a garbage bag. Of COURSE he does. Maybe he was actually carting trash around-- that would not surprise me at all. I would also not be surprised to learn he has an entire luggage set consisting of different sized garbage bags - white kitchen-sized for carryon, black jumbo-sized for checking.

Maybe he got used to carrying easily disposable belongings wherever he was when he was missing in action during the offseason. We never did solve that little mystery. But apparently, wherever that location is, they did not have newspapers -- because Julian showed up to camp unaware (a) Schilling was injured, and (b) he was in competition for a starter's spot.

"Just today," said Tavarez when asked when he heard of Schilling's injury. "I saw him and I asked somebody what was going on. I don't read the newspapers in the offseason."

"I come to spring training and I say, 'Hello. Good morning. How are things going?' And they said, 'You have a chance to be No. 5 in the rotation,' " Tavarez said.

It's Julian's (crazy) world - we're all just living in it.