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Beckett has had two good starts and now is the time to shop him. He has a terrible attitude which shows on the field. In last night's game against the struggling Phillies, he went 7 plus and on paper it appeared that he had a good game. If you watching the game, he was on the verge of getting rocked several times. Great plays by his infield bailed him out on more than one occasion. The Phillies were hitting line drives but they were finding the fielder's gloves. He looked like someone who had a bet on Philadelphia when he was at the plate. He hit the ball off the center-field wall and was able unable to get to second. Later in the inning, Aviles hit a ground ball to second which should have been a fielder's choice but Josh turned it into a double play. The memory of him jogging to second was painful. I hope no children were watching. Contrast this with Cliff Lee legging out a double earlier in the game and Clayton Richardson of the Padres pinch hitting and getting a base hit. And then scoring from first on a double to give his team the win.
I know some will say that he had a sore foot but I don't buy that. He was just letting the fans, his manager and his teammates know that base running was not his job. The announcers did not even have the courage to call him out on it. On the other hand, we saw Adrian Gonzalez and David Ortiz make diving plays in the field to keep the Sox in the game. David could have taken the attitude that I'm the DH and I get paid to hit and Adrian could have said I'm an all-star first baseman. It would be foolish for me to risk an injury in right field. But they didn't.
I know some will say that he had a sore foot but I don't buy that. He was just letting the fans, his manager and his teammates know that base running was not his job. The announcers did not even have the courage to call him out on it. On the other hand, we saw Adrian Gonzalez and David Ortiz make diving plays in the field to keep the Sox in the game. David could have taken the attitude that I'm the DH and I get paid to hit and Adrian could have said I'm an all-star first baseman. It would be foolish for me to risk an injury in right field. But they didn't.