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Player Profile #84: Josh Beckett | SP | BOS
It took buckets of fried chicken and beer to slow down Josh Beckett last year (5.84 ERA in Sept.), but that didn’t stop him from having a nice comeback from his disastrous 2010 campaign. Beckett will never shake his injury woes, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be a reliable fantasy pitcher. He’s reached the 190-inning mark in two of his last three seasons...
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Josh Beckett Breaks His Silence, Downplays Rift With Bobby Valentine
For the first time this offseason, Josh Beckett has broken his silence. The Red Sox pitcher appeared on MLB Network’s Intentional Talk on Thursday -- a show hosted by Kevin Millar -- and touched on a variety of topics, including the clubhouse controversies that marred 2011. Beckett was among three Red Sox pitchers implicated in a report for drinking beer, eating fried chicken and...
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Your Morning Dump... Where Beckett doesn't get it
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Josh Beckett has broken his silence.
Nearly two weeks before Red Sox pitchers and catchers must report to Fort Myers, Beckett made his first public comments about the team’s historic September collapse...
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Josh Beckett says beer story should have stayed in the clubhouse
Josh Beckett has finally responded to the Boston Globe story that called out some Red Sox pitchers for their poor clubhouse behavior during games. Appearing on MLB Network’s Intentional Talk, Beckett said that what goes on in the clubhouse should stay in the clubhouse.
“I think the biggest key is what [Jon] Lester said, we stunk on the field and that was the bottom line...
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Video: When Josh Beckett Speaks, People Will Listen
Given everything that happened at the end of the 2011 season for the Boston Red Sox, it shouldn't be really that much of a surprise that Josh Beckett didn't say anything. We all know his disdain for the media from the countless interviews he's given.
But the reason Beckett didn't talk after the season isn't what everyone thinks, it turns out he was busy with...
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Josh Beckett on Intentional Talk
Since the 2011 season ended, we haven't heard anything from Josh Beckett. Zip. Nada. There were a lot of people who said that Josh was a clubhouse issue in 2011 and that he had become a problem. A lot of players made comments and called into the radio, but Josh was not one of them. He stayed silent. Today was the first time that Josh has spoken directly to a member of the...
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Ben Cherington Says Josh Beckett, Clay Buchholz Motivated to Have Good Year
BOSTON -- The two vacancies in the back end of the Red Sox rotation have triggered significant concern. As for core starters Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz, general manager Ben Cherington remains optimistic about their progress. "They've both had really good offseasons," Cherington said before the Boston Baseball Writers Dinner last Thursday. "Our new pitching...
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Josh Beckett's High School Coach Expects Him to Overcome Adversity, Thrive for Red Sox Going Forward
For Josh Beckett, the first inkling of adversity occurred during his junior year of high school. One year after dazzling scouts as a sophomore, the Spring (Texas) High School pitcher returned to the mound with even heftier expectations. Scouts wanted dominance from Beckett. In his coach Kenny Humphreys' eyes, that was Beckett's official introduction to pressure. "[Scouts] were no...
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January 13, 2012
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January 13, 2012
Your Morning Dump...Where Beckett and Valentine are getting along
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New Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine and starter Josh Beckett celebrated the New Year together -- with a 2.5-hour meeting at Beckett's ranch in Texas.
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"I did backflips," Valentine...
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January 08, 2012
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January 08, 2012
Your Morning Dump... Where we have a good idea why Beckett sucked
Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here... highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump.
Amidst the avalanche of text messages and well-wishes Dave Page received after being dismissed as Red Sox [team stats] strength and conditioning coach, one stood out. It came from a Red Sox starting...
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November 05, 2011
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November 05, 2011
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