Gather round, boys and girls- it's time for Josh Beckett's favorite part of the week... the press conference! Lucky Josh-- since it's playoff time, he'll not only get to do the post-game press conference after Wednesday's Game 1, he also had the pleasure of doing a pre-game press conference today. And boy was he thrilled!
Just look at how excited he is to answer all the reporter's questions! He's so very enthusiastic. I love how he can barely contain his boredom at having to sit through all that- and when he deems a question too moronic to answer, his eyes practically roll out of their sockets, he makes a face like he just ate a lemon, and he gives a cursory two or three word answer. Awesome.
Best part isn't him talking about the ALDS or the Angels or Vlad Guerrero- or even when he talks about "executing pitches" for the 5 bajillionth time this season- it's when someone asks him to name some of the people he said helped him behind-the-scenes to get his 20 wins, and he responds with, "You know what, if I got into naming people, then I'd probably forget somebody and I'd feel like an asshole." Straight faced. Awesome.
Here's unedited video of the whole conference- hey look! the silver sunglasses! what a shocker!:
video courtesy of WBZ
on October 2, 2007 5:22 PM
Your Beckett posts just kill me. Probably because everything you say is true.
That "asshole" line is perfect, even better because there isn't a hint of inflection or hesistation in his voice. To him, it's just a statement of cold fact. It's hard to make out how the reporters reacted to it on the video; I think I heard at least a few chuckles, but there was a lot of silence/static.