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A lot of habits from the Old Red Sox (i.e., the Dan Duquette Years) have gone away. The dysfunction, the questionable draft choices, the lack of winning championships.
One thing, apparently, has not.
Josh Beckett, come on down! You join Roger Clemens, Mo Vaughn, Johnny Damon and Curt Schilling as the next contestant in the Weight is Wrong!
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He needs to lay off the venison jerky and PBR, STAT.
Posted by: LocklandSF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Didn't Matsuzaka also show up last year a little beefier than advertised? He eventually slimmed back down. I'm not worried. Beckett's a little husky, but he's no Mo.
Posted by: FenSheaParkway | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Tito: "Hey, have any of you guys seen Dustin?"
Beckett: /looks around sheepishly.. kicks dirt.. belches.
Posted by: attackgerbil | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 11:41 AM
lol, AG. Hilarious.
Yeah, I'm not worried, but that's just not a flattering picture -- or pitcher. Har.
I'd forgotten all about the Matsuzaka controversy, which just goes to show...
Posted by: Paul SF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 12:00 PM
I was almost blinded by that white belly. He arrived in sunny weather just in time.
Posted by: DR | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 12:04 PM
What's with Matsuzaka's Mohawk/Mullet thing he's rocking?
Posted by: LocklandSF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 12:14 PM
AG you just made my day!
Posted by: Atheose | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Come on guys. You really think that picture is authentic? Ever heard of photoshop? You can put that pic right up there with the one of the couple having their picture taken atop the world trade center as the plane was flying toward them in the backround.
Posted by: john | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 02:34 PM
AP has a photo out today that was taken from a different angle. It does not disprove the above photo, and does in fact show some flab, though I admit I have wondered whether it's a Photoshop job.
Posted by: Paul SF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 02:44 PM
that thing looks like a fanny pack fashioned out of flesh. might wanna tuck that there shirt josh.
Posted by: sf rod | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 02:44 PM
That is why these guys play baseball and not some other sport. C'mon, anybody seen David Wells lately? He was 40 pounds overweight, Always, and he pitched into his 40's. I don't see reports saying he took HGH. You don't have to be skinny to pitch well. It's all about core strength. The more belly the stronger core. My uncle donny has a huge gut, but it's as hard as a rock.
Posted by: tony | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 02:46 PM
That's no fanny pack, that's chewing tobacco.
Posted by: SF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 02:48 PM
damn i miss rich garces.
ag- any way you can coin a mickey rivers "missremembering" conversation? you've been on a roll of late.
Posted by: sf rod | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 02:56 PM
I didn't even realize misremember was a word until it came out of Roger's mouth.
Posted by: LocklandSF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 03:02 PM
See, Roger's smarter than any of us! The vegan thing was just a ruse...
Posted by: Paul SF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 03:05 PM
Obviously, this calls for the most entertaining thing John Kruk has ever said.
"I ain't an athlete lady, I'm a baseball player."
Unconcerned, and while I'm sure he's not in the best shape on the Sox roster, this picture also looks like it might've been altered at least a bit.
Posted by: QuoSF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 03:11 PM
I believe I read it at the Boston Globe, but the picture is in fact authentic. They say that Beckett is in the best shape of his life and that he had a gym put into his home this offseason. He has reportedly been working with a trainer. Hmmmm that photo seems to show otherwise, but I think it's just a bad angle. I don't know Beckett to ever have had a weight issue in his time in the ML's. Either way spring training for pitchers is like boot camp, if there is extra weight it will be off in no time.
Another John Kruk funny...I forget who said it but when Kruk wore #8 for a short period one of his teammates said he's the only player with his picture on the back of his jersey.
Posted by: John - YF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 03:34 PM
Ah, here's the original publication, so not a fake.
http://news.bostonherald.com/track/inside_track/view.bg?articleid=1073143
Posted by: Paul SF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 03:49 PM
Just making sure he's ready for those "gutsy" performances in the playoffs again.
Good Deity, that was horrible.
Posted by: QuoSF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 04:24 PM
Just wait until the upskirt pictures show up in the Boston papers.
Posted by: Nate | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 05:17 PM
That picture is FAKE!!!!!!
Posted by: Ryan | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 06:51 PM
Dude, the photo appeared in the Boston Herald. I know they're not on the top shelf of journalistic quality, but they're not into fabricating photos.
Posted by: Paul SF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 07:05 PM
Who needs a six-pack when you can tap a keg!
Posted by: Rob SF | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 07:11 PM
It's a little bit of flab, but he's got six weeks. That's plenty of time to drop it, assuming it needs dropping. I don't know what his playing weight is/should be.
Posted by: yankees76 | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 08:47 PM
In Josh we trust.
Posted by: Pat (SF) | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 08:48 PM
13-12
Posted by: dc | Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Josh Beckett has obviously adopted Curt Schilling's innovative new training regimen in which he spends the offseason deadlifting turkey drumsticks and doing bicep curls with large slices of Bundt cake.
Posted by: yf2k | Friday, February 15, 2008 at 07:50 AM
Josh Beckett has obviously been working out and watching his weight. It's just the way the picture looks. It was a bad angle, it's not like his stomach is bulgy. Look at other pictures of him, he's not chubby.
Posted by: SoxFan | Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 12:03 PM
Wow, he looks rediculous. No pitcher can do well carrying a bunch of fat like that!
Posted by: CCSabathia | Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 07:38 PM
It was back spasms that toke David Wells out of game 3 in the 2003 WS, b/c he was/is a fatty. The only difference between the Sox last year and two years ago was Beckett. Better hope he has another Cy-caliber season! Looks like that might not happen though...
Posted by: Brendan | Saturday, March 08, 2008 at 06:00 PM
The only difference between the Sox last year and two years ago was Beckett.
That's such an obvious oversimplification, it's not even worth a response.
Posted by: Paul SF | Saturday, March 08, 2008 at 06:10 PM