Web Gem
Coco Crisp’s web gem in the outfield, Dustin Pedroia’s slumpbusting double, J.D. Drew’s continued (surprising) slugfest and Manny Ramirez mashing #505 were the highlights.
Josh Beckett’s disturbing second inning, the lackluster bottom half of the batting order (going a combined 0-fer-17) and the largely craptacular bullpen (we’re looking at you, Hideki Okajima) were the lowlights. Oh, and getting clobbered by the O-birds at home in Fenway – that part sucked, too.
Beckett was quite placid after the game – at least, in the bits of the press conference that made it past the censors and on to NESN. Before the game, he was a little more candid with Rob Bradford:
“You come into the season and it’s one start at a time, one pitch at a time,” [Beckett] said. “I try and stay fairly consistent. If I have a (shitty) outing, I’m not going to say ‘Aw (shit), I’m not going to lift legs today. It didn’t work last time.’ I try and stay consistent, win, lose or draw. I try and be a consistent teammate, and be consistent with my work. That’s what makes me feel comfortable. I want to be able to feel that I did all of it to prepare for a certain moment and then I can just let it go.“The thing I go out and try to do is focus pitch to pitch, execute pitch to pitch. I know people get tired of me saying that, saying that it’s a cliche. But it’s not a cliche. It’s about executing (fucking) pitches. If you execute a high number of pitches you get outs and we’re trying to get as many outs as possible.”
I see someone’s been reading my posts here at Center Field detailing Josh’s “executing pitches” mantra. (And here, here, here, here and here.) But dear Josh, I have never (and would never) call you a cliche. I kid because I love, Josh – I kid because I love.
But those silver sunglasses have (still) got to go.
And, yes, he’s wearing yet another Texas music tshirt – this time, it’s Zona Jones.
Everybody loses their sunglasses. How is it that he’s managed to hang on to those for two years!
Beckett is a bad-ass. Good read.
I was at this game last night!!!
that was an awesome play by Coco. Pedroia also had some great “spin around and flip to 1st” plays at 2nd. too bad the pitching staff couldn’t get it done, because the defense was playing their asses off.
also – this needs to be said – using a song by The Cranberries when Manny comes up to bat NEEDS to stop.
They play that Cranberries song at a ton of other ballparks…Minnesota, Detroit and Baltimore all come to mind since the Sox have played there recently. So I kind of wonder if Manny heard it and liked it or something:-P Until this latest homestand he’s always had rap.
Great news for Big Papi!
Congratulations!
The sunglasses aren’t nearly as bad as all the necklaces. The one with the stone looks too much like a heart to be manly.
Oh well, he’s hot anyway.
I think it looks more like an arrowhead than a heart Angela. I actually like all the necklaces he wears. I like the sunglasses too. He takes care of them better than I take care of my car. LOL
“It’s about executing fucking pitches” = Josh being Josh.
Can we please get a t-shirt done up with a with an angry faced Josh and the line “It’s Not A Cliche” underneath?
I’ll buy ten.
Fucking love him.
I would buy the next 10 shirts. At first I thought that necklace was a guitar pick. I wonder if he has several pairs of thise glasses.
I’m pretty sure this is Josh’s guitar pick-like necklace.