Also just in from yahoo: Giants and Browns hammering out final details on Braylon edwards trade. A 2 & a 5. Plus the Browns want Steve Smith, while the Giants countered with Domenik Hixon.
@calpetro: Wow dude. I've argued with redsoxchick pretty ferociously in the past. She may be a homer, but she really knows her stuff. You, I've never heard of. And suspect I might not hear of again.
@wonderlic---myballs: If there's 1 unwritten rule as a pitcher, it's NEVER mess with a guy's livelihood by throwing at their head. Beckett was pissy because Abreu got a late timeout, but if Abreu didn't duck that ball tags him between the eyes. Totally unacceptable.
@BruschisBrewsky: I agree, Beckett is very Clemens-y, and thus unlikeable by Sox fans as well as players across the league. That said, its the home plate ump's call. I don't know how you can see anything on tape that the the ump didn't see gas by his head as well. If he's negligent he should be suspended just as long.
@BruschisBrewsky: Hang on. Without the accomplishments? He threw a complete game shutout to win a World Series in the house that Satan built. And pitched you guys into a Series in 2007. Clemens won the same amount of rings, did it on more drugs than Keith Richards, and threw his best friend under the bus. Douche? Yes? Clemens level? Nuh-uh.
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A) someone thinks that pitch would have hit Abreu in any universe
B) There are Red Sox fans who don't love Josh Beckett for the ass kicker that he is
C) People still think the 'Sox fans are dicks' angle is fresh
But I've forgotten about all of it because of the awesomeness of the Ninja Turtle tangent. You all win.
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Then again, my other two favorite baseball players of all time? Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens.
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/dick joke
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The asshole thing Beckett did was leaving the mound after he pissed off Abreu with that pitch. So, for that, sure suspend him, fine him, whatever.
Joe West was right there and saw no intent. How convenient that Bob Watson doesn't agree with him.
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oops.
i'll bet you get all the girls.
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The umpire should be suspended for not kicking him out of that game if anything.
Anyone who ever played on an even remotely competitive level knows you don't back out of the box that late anyway.
/fuck i sound like sully and murph
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That being said, it almost pains me to root for Beckett every 5th day. He's every bit the douche Clemens was/is, without the accomplishments.
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