September 3, 2006

G137: Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 1

I'm trying to have some hope for the wild card, but these bastards keep losing.

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Gustavo Chacin (5.90) / Josh Beckett (5.11), 4 PM

Wily Mo Pena and Alex Gonzalez are in the starting lineup. Jason Varitek and Trot Nixon will likely not play today.

More from Tito in the Globe.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I agree with JM that Beckett's act on - and now off - the field has worn thin. With his ill-fated pitch and quote selections, the expression "a $50 haircut on a $.50 head" seems fitting.

When he was signed last winter, the trumpets sounded from the national baseball media that Beckett's arrival (as a certified Yankee-killer) would tilt the balance of power in the AL. I guess I sort of assumed that meant toward BOS, not to the bats of opposing hitters who've taken him deep more than any other pitcher in baseball this year.

As said haircut and scraggly beard proceeded to grace the covers of periodicals ranging from ESPN Magazine to Improper Bostonian, he has consistently failed to live up to the hype, with last week's 2-1 win at LAA the closest thing to getting a game from him when we truly needed it. Too little, too late.

His recent performance against the MFY was, indeed, a debacle, and leaves one to wonder if he has acquired a strain of "stageus maximus impotentus" (aka, Ed Whitson Disease) since his arrival in BOS. How many more times will we read of his exploits in Game 7 of the 2003 WS?

A lot of good that game has done us this year. The Starland Vocal Band earned less notoriety as a one-hit wonder for "Afternoon Delight" than Beckett has garnered from that one game.

What a piece of shit.

Jim said...

Wait a sec. He does such a wicked mound-stompin' fist-pump after a big K. That's a warrior, Baby.

Peter N said...

Yes, but his refusal to rely on his other pitches and not always throw down the middle speedballs has hurt him immensely. That's where we miss the guidance of TEK behind the plate. You'd a thought he would have already made adjustments, but nooooooooo. Thick as a brick, in Jethro Tull words.

Jim said...

er, Peter n, not that I like emoticons, but somebody needs to invent the 'sarcasm' one for people like me.

Jim said...

Jack, couldn't agree more. I'm just waiting for Nixon to hit a single and hear all about how he was missed in the 5-hole. Please. This team had fundamental weak spots all season, hopefully Theo will see through the attempts to blame the flushed season wholly on the absurd number of injuries.