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  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    Beckett being Beckett. Nice writeup by Gordon Edes: http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/i ... ust-get-it
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    adam42381 wrote:
    Beckett being Beckett. Nice writeup by Gordon Edes: http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/i ... ust-get-it

    "We get 18 off days a year," he said. "I think we deserve a little time to ourselves."

    :lol::lol::lol:
  • RW81233
    RW81233 Posts: 2,393
    i don't think he articulated it well, but to be a pitcher who is expected to be really good at one thing for 2-3 hours once every 5 days you have to make your own routine, go to a place that gives you peace, etc. if all you care for is performance then what he said shouldn't matter given that he has been a pretty good pitcher in the past (WS MVP twice right?).
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,023
    LloydXmas wrote:
    adam42381 wrote:
    Beckett being Beckett. Nice writeup by Gordon Edes: http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/i ... ust-get-it

    "We get 18 off days a year," he said. "I think we deserve a little time to ourselves."

    :lol::lol::lol:

    :lol:

    Along with 4 or 5 months....

    I think it just shows he's a jackass and doesn't really give a shit. If you're not pitching, you shouldn't be playing golf, simple as that, especially when it's a muscle injury.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,023
    RW81233 wrote:
    i don't think he articulated it well, but to be a pitcher who is expected to be really good at one thing for 2-3 hours once every 5 days you have to make your own routine, go to a place that gives you peace, etc. if all you care for is performance then what he said shouldn't matter given that he has been a pretty good pitcher in the past (WS MVP twice right?).

    I agree, but his start was skipped because of an injury, a muscle injury that could be reaggravated playing golf. If he could swing a golf club at full force 70+ time, why isn't he pitching
  • RW81233
    RW81233 Posts: 2,393
    I'd agree with you if the injured muscle was effected by swing a golf club..it is a different motion so who knows. It is also possible that Becket has packed it in for the year too since the Sox are so horrible.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,023
    RW81233 wrote:
    I'd agree with you if the injured muscle was effected by swing a golf club..it is a different motion so who knows. It is also possible that Becket has packed it in for the year too since the Sox are so horrible.

    It was his lat that was sore, so yeah, it is effected by a golf swing. I wouldn't doubt that either. He's a jackass.
  • Monster Rain
    Monster Rain Posts: 1,415
    Honestly, if I were a Sox fan, Beckett would be my biggest worry about the team. He's not a good teammate because good teammates don't risk their health over doing what they want to do on an off day during the season. The team was concerned enough about his muscle that they decided to skip a start and he turns around and goes and plays golf. If it's that important to go to the golf course, at least be smart enough and committed enough to the team to just putt instead of playing 18 holes. The guy couldn't even be bothered enough to stay in the dugout last year when he wasn't pitching. Regardless of his talent, the team would be better off trading him. He acts like he thinks he's the greatest pitcher who ever stepped on the field but he's had as many seasons with an ERA over 4.00 as he's had seasons with it under 4.00 since going to Boston (including 2 seasons with an ERA over 5.00, not counting this season).
  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    how do people root for these ass-clowns :?
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,023
    http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/r ... m_wit.html
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,023
    adam42381 wrote:
    Beckett being Beckett. Nice writeup by Gordon Edes: http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/i ... ust-get-it

    Wow.
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    I feel bad for Bobby Valentine. Its pretty obvious the direction this was all going in.
  • LloydXmas
    LloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    MayDay10 wrote:
    I feel bad for Bobby Valentine. Its pretty obvious the direction this was all going in.
    They probably fire him mid season right??? :fp:
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    LloydXmas wrote:
    MayDay10 wrote:
    I feel bad for Bobby Valentine. Its pretty obvious the direction this was all going in.
    They probably fire him mid season right??? :fp:


    its easier than trying to replace the roster..... but eventually they will have to address that.
  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    MayDay10 wrote:
    I feel bad for Bobby Valentine. Its pretty obvious the direction this was all going in.

    The Sox biggest mistake was not cleaning house when they had the chance in the offseason. They should've moved Beckett, Youkilis and Ellsbury who they probably won't be able to resign due to bad contracts handed out by the boy wonder.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,023
    Bronx Bombers wrote:
    MayDay10 wrote:
    I feel bad for Bobby Valentine. Its pretty obvious the direction this was all going in.

    The Sox biggest mistake was not cleaning house when they had the chance in the offseason. They should've moved Beckett, Youkilis and Ellsbury who they probably won't be able to resign due to bad contracts handed out by the boy wonder.

    If Youkilis can get healthy, he's good as gone at the deadline. Backett has 10 and 5 rights.
  • Bronx Bombers
    Bronx Bombers Posts: 2,208
    I don't think the 10&5 would've precluded a trade, after last season I'm sure he wants to get the hell out of Boston.
  • FenwayFaithful
    FenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    F Beckett
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,852
    Maybe he would want out.

    Its bad now, but if this path continues, itll get worse... as will the monitoring of how he spends his "free time".
  • Monster Rain
    Monster Rain Posts: 1,415
    Bronx Bombers wrote:
    I don't think the 10&5 would've precluded a trade, after last season I'm sure he wants to get the hell out of Boston.

    I think they're stuck with him because he's being paid a ton of money for inconsistent results, his reputation is horrible when it comes to his commitment to the team, and he'd never agree to a trade unless it was to a contender--and I don't think too many contenders would line up to pay his salary plus give up either a top prospect or star player knowing that he's going to put himself before the team and have as much of a chance of being awful as he does of being great.

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