I still remember watching Matt Clement nearly get his head taken off back in '05 in Tampa Bay and he was never the same after that. So when Dejesus nearly be-headed Beckett last night I nearly needed a mid-game pants change. It could have been really ugly. Guy signs a new contract, comes out for the first game and takes a shot to the head that could have had all us talking about how Josh Beckett and baseball aren't important anymore, but we just hope he's ok and can eat his own Cheerios in the morning. Thankfully for all parties involved that wasn't the case and now we can associate Beckett with things like hazing rookies by marinating their jock straps in Stubbs BBQ sauce and bringing in his pit bulls, and of course providing needed beat downs in the middle of a losing streak.
As for the Sox getting Greinked, well that sure as hell wasn't the case. There probably won't be many games in which Jeremy Hermedia and Jason Varitek go back-to-back off the reigning Cy Young winner, so yesterday was a treat in many ways. A treat, that's right, it's an early Sunday morning and that's what you get. A treat.
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That was damn scarey last night...Beckett seemed unfazed. If that were me, I would have been crawling to the dugout on my hands & knees!
Really good to see Varitek catching, & belting a couple of home runs.
I knew Tek would pull off some crazy stunt, trying to make everyone think he still had some pop left.
"that could have had all us talking about how Josh Beckett and baseball aren't important anymore, but we just hope he's ok"
You mean "that could have had all us feel *obligated* to talk about how Josch Beckett and baseball aren't important anymore, but we just hope he's okay," right? Me, personally, I'd say all the right things, but deep down (well, not that deep), I'd be thinking, "okay, take what you need out of those millions to pay for your caretaker, a nice wheelchair and maybe even a snazzy mobile over your bed (you know, for the effort), but then fork over the rest so that they can go buy your replacement."
But that's just me....
Beckett would have a mobile of teeth. Teeth he's pulled out of batter's mouths after he gave them the option of A, facing him on the mound, or B, having a tooth pulled. He's got 83 right now.
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