Comments on: It’s about time: Josh Beckett finally takes my advice http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/09/27/its-about-time-josh-beckett-finally-takes-my-advice/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:18:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: knuckler1 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/09/27/its-about-time-josh-beckett-finally-takes-my-advice/#comment-1032 knuckler1 Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:44:32 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/09/27/its-about-time-josh-beckett-finally-takes-my-advice/#comment-1032 Hmm, looks like the former. Hmm, looks like the former.

]]> By: maineiac http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/09/27/its-about-time-josh-beckett-finally-takes-my-advice/#comment-1031 maineiac Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:36:34 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/09/27/its-about-time-josh-beckett-finally-takes-my-advice/#comment-1031 Seth, I think you may have jinxed him tonight ;) Beckett was not quite so good tonight (although really Beckett looked great until the seventh)...it always amazes me how long it takes Tito to react to a pitcher going south in a game. Other teams will get someone up in the bull pen immediately and then have the catcher go out and talk with the pitcher a couple times, maybe have the pitcher throw to first a couple times, have a visit by the pitching coach, etc. to buy some time. Not Tito. In the 7th inning of tonight's game, Crawford singled and then Norton walked on a full count. You could tell Beckett was gassed. But Beckett stays out and faces SIX more batters. How can it take that long to get a new pitcher out there? Does Francona think that it looks bad or something to play the delay game when your pitcher struggles? This has happened multiple times this season and I can't recall a single time that the Red Sox slowed down the game to get relief warmed up but can recall numerous times the opponent has. Seth,

I think you may have jinxed him tonight ;)

Beckett was not quite so good tonight (although really Beckett looked great until the seventh)…it always amazes me how long it takes Tito to react to a pitcher going south in a game.

Other teams will get someone up in the bull pen immediately and then have the catcher go out and talk with the pitcher a couple times, maybe have the pitcher throw to first a couple times, have a visit by the pitching coach, etc. to buy some time. Not Tito.

In the 7th inning of tonight’s game, Crawford singled and then Norton walked on a full count. You could tell Beckett was gassed. But Beckett stays out and faces SIX more batters. How can it take that long to get a new pitcher out there? Does Francona think that it looks bad or something to play the delay game when your pitcher struggles?

This has happened multiple times this season and I can’t recall a single time that the Red Sox slowed down the game to get relief warmed up but can recall numerous times the opponent has.

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