Beckett Suspended 6 Games

[The Messenger]

Boston Red Sux starter Josh Beckett has been suspended for 6 games for intentionally throwing at Bobby Abreu's head which resulted in a pushing and shoving fest between the Angels and Red Sux.

- ESPN

 

[Primetime]

Stupid in my opinion. If it was unintentional, then let it go. They think it was intentional so why not just say so.

 

[The Messenger]

Beckett doesn't deserve the suspension imo, but I'm glad he got it.

 

[OKCL]

Best Suspension Ever.

 

[Miggy]

another thing is he walked to the plate in an aggresive manner. he deserved it IMO

 

[FirstTimer]

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[FirstTimer]

That will teach me to trust ESPN...ha.

MLB says "intentionally"

 

[The Messenger]

Yeah I hear it's being called intentional now. ESPN first broke it as unintentional.

 

[kmanharris]

he wasn't kicked out of the game because it was an overreaction on Abreu's part....yet he picks up a suspension?

hmmmmmm

If this was a Yankees player you would be singing a different tune. MLB thought it was intentional, since they thought it was intentional he deserves the 6 game suspension, which is really only 1 start like somebody already pointed out.

 

[corbin]

Good shit, Beckett deserved it.

 

[killgod]

It's basically only one game. He's not going to miss 6 starts or anything, and I don't think they were going to use him for middle relief.

they need to re-design a suspension for a pitcher as a 6 game suspension makes little sense.

it should be like 2 times through the rotation or something like that.

 

[FirstTimer]

they need to re-design a suspension for a pitcher as a 6 game suspension makes little sense.

it should be like 2 times through the rotation or something like that.

I do think they take that into account for a lot of this stuff. 6 games seems like a random number but they didn't view the matter as extremely serious and wanted to suspend him for 1 start so they made it 6 games.

Kind of tough to say he has to miz his next 1 or 2 scheduled starts because rotations aren't full proof and the Sox could just say, guess what? Beckett is getting moved up to be scheduled to start tomorrow on 2 days rest. Oh no, he's suspended. Welp, we'll just throw Lester or Dice-K. See ya in 3 days Beck.

Teams would find loopholes and ways around it if you did it like you want to. IMO there's less exploitable flaws in the suspension system like this.

 

[FirstTimer]

You don't think if he was going to the plate to throw punches he would have thrown punches? hmmmmm.

Watch the video, Spier and Hunter are 10x more heated than Beckett is at any point...so if it's based on Beckett's "aggression" then fair should be fair. Hell...Hunter was tossed out of the game while Beckett was still allowed to pitch. That's not being a homer, that's using logic.

meh disagree. Your logic is off. MLB is suspending Beckett for starting/instigating the whole thing with an "intentional" pitch at Abreu's head. Hunter's reaction and being heated are a direct result of the underlying offense. While MLB disagrees with the intensity of Hunters reaction they know he doesn't react like that if Beckett didn't stir shit up to begin with so Beckett gets the larger of the two suspensions and Hunter gets a fine.

 

[Youk]

I don't think that it was intentional, though I see why MLB is going to do a suspension. They shouldn't, but I can see why. I think the whole situation is stupid as fuck. Abreu and Beckett should stop being punk asses, Abreu for being a bitch and Beckett for taking too long. Beckett misses one start, so it's basically just as even. My only issue is that if you suspend Beckett for this, you need to suspend Hunter for one game. I agree with Heelsox that if you're tossed, you need to be suspended. But hey, Bob Watson has always had his head stuck up his ass for years.

What the fuck do you expect though, you call time when he is starting his motion, and you don't just stop there. Ump made a bad call by agreeing to call time at that moment.

 

[Yawkey Way]

personally don't agree Beckett needed 6 games+ a fine. Either or. It's impossible to gage whether it was intentional or unintentional unless beckett says it himself, but i agree that Hunter/Speier should be suspended as well seeing as they caused far more problems than Beckett did.

 

[kyhadley]

While MLB disagrees with the intensity of Hunters reaction they know he doesn't react like that if Beckett didn't stir shit up to begin with so Beckett gets the larger of the two suspensions and Hunter gets a fine.

lol, you forgot one more step in the chain, if Abreu hadn't called time so late and the ump hadn't granted it to him, then Beckett doesn't "stir shit up". And if you're saying that him stirring shit up was approaching Abreu than thats not fair at all, (obviously throwing at him is) Beckett just walked towards him cause he didn't like what Abreu was saying. Abreu was "stirring shit up" just as much as Beckett.

And to call Beckett's action after the pitch aggressive is ridiculous. He was never even involved in any of the pushing or shoving, he just mainly chilled out on the mound. And then if you're basing it on the words said, then Abreu, Speier, and Hunter deserved a suspension too.

I understand why they're doing it, I just think Speier and Hunter deserve a game too.

 

[celtsxpatsxsox]

Not sure why all the BoSox fan's are getting heated about this, the one thing that makes Beckett better is when he has a chip on his shoulder, and now he does. I didn't see the game first hand but from what I heard Beckett took a long ass time before he turned toward the plate to throw and Abreu called for time when he was staring down the guy at 2nd. Thus he turned and let her loose. Throwing a baseball that hard takes so much force with your shoulder that you can't just stop everything on a dime, so there really is no way for anyone at any level of MLB or on VSN that can determine whether it was intentional or not. The only person that knows the true answer to that is Beckett himself. Love the dude though, such a gamer.

I agree. I am not really that upset over it. Only thing I dont like is that Hunter didnt get a suspension. The fine will probably get dropped if beckett appeals anyways.

 

[kyhadley]

I agree. I am not really that upset over it. Only thing I dont like is that Hunter didnt get a suspension. The fine will probably get dropped if beckett appeals anyways.

yeah same, thats the only thing that bugs me, I don't care about the suspension, I just think if you do it to Beckett you gotta do it to at least Hunter too, but whatever

 

[Youk]

I think that there should have either been 0 suspensions all around, or everyone gets 1 game, except Beckett who will get 6. I think 6 is a good amount for a pitcher because if the SP makes a start every 5 days, suspending them let's them pitch on the 7th day. Unless a team wants to completely screw with their rotation, then the SP will loss one start, which equals to one game for any other position player.

The Angels hitting coach should have just been fined and not suspended in my mind, though. I think that surprises me more than the Beckett suspension. Hunter and Speier were just as angry and flipping out just as much as the hitting coach, and they were not suspended. Obviously it does not affect the team since he is not a player, but still, that is a bit harsh.