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Lester on Joba: ‘It’s gotten old’ 05.06.09 at 6:48 pm ET
By Rob Bradford

A day after Joba Chamberlain hit Jason Bay in the back in the fifth inning of what turned into a Red Sox win over the Yankees, Tuesday  night in New York — and a few hours after Red Sox pitching coach John Farrell told Dale and Holley on WEEI that ‘Those things aren’t forgotten’ in expressing Chamberlain’s motivations — opinions on the matter could be heard in the Sox’ clubhouse.

First, Josh Beckett, the pitcher on the mound for the Sox following Chamberlain’s pitch, would only say, “Everybody has a job to do and mine is not to delegate blame, or purpose, or intent. Things have a way of working themselves out, that’s way I look at it. That stuff always has a way of working itself out.”

Like Farrell, Jon Lester was a bit more pointed in his remarks.

“It’s one of those deals where I’m all for throwing in, but there comes a point somebody, whether it be baseball or the opponent, has to step in and say enough is enough,” said Sox hurler. “Balls have gone over guys heads and gone up too close. There’s a difference between throwing in and making a point and he definitely tries to make some points. I don’t know if he’s trying to him there or not, but he did and it looks bad because J-Bay did hit a home run off of him, along with the history with us and other players. He always come back and says the ball slipped, I wasn’t trying to hit anybody. One time you can fool us, two times you can maybe say OK, but it’s gotten old. In baseball it’s one of those deals where you can’t really think there’s a punishment necessary. It’s one of those deals where we might have to police it ourselves a little bit more, I don’t know.”

The Red Sox and Yankees next meet for a three-game series at Fenway Park, starting June 9.

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  • Thermos

    ….and the lesson we learn from this missive is that Jon Lester is not a very bright kid.

  • TomK

    …not to mention that this is the last organization that should be talking about the “intent” of someone throwing inside.

  • http://WEEI Fanoffenway

    Joba was probably thinking about how his lovely mother would be in jail for Mother’s Day.

  • Ms Bella

    Jobba THE BABY>> Is an arrogant smug dirty player. Who has done the same to YUKE. He starts trouble because he is a baby loser.

    He needs to be reprimanded with consequences, by the League, the Yankees, the Referees someone ….FOR YOU out there who insinuate the Sox do this….are uninformed or stupid!!….I have been going to games and watch every game on TV for years>> THEY DONT, DO NOT intentionally throw to hit. If you are talking about Beckett throwing at a players head he was winding up, with his leg up, started to throw and told to stop in the middle of it. ANY hitter knows and have been taught you DO NOT STOP you continue to throw the ball…that WAS an accident….

    I heard a sports radio caller say after Bay home run people at the game watched JOBBA STARE down Bay as he went to the dug out. IF its true the league should replay that time of the game…EMAIL THE YANKEES!! and complain I did…

  • Ms Bella

    BTW Im talking about the Red Sox since 2006>>

  • soxfan

    Why i dont understand, and what is really really really “old” is Joba pumping his fist like a clown after leaving the game after 5 innings…and still LOOSING THE GAME! please dont tell me that “paplebon does it too!”. yes, i will admit that paps does it, but its at the end of the game…when the game has been won. Pumping your fists, yelling and screaming like a fool during the middle of the game…WHILE HE IS STILL LOOSING! is just silly…that is more disrespectful to the game then hitting Bay…can you imagine the outrage that the Yankees would have had if Lester had the same reaction when he left after 7 innings? Can you imagine how much the sox and the media would rip lester if he did the same while loosing?

  • John in Mansfield

    From a Yankee fans perspective its nice to finally see the redsox hitters getting uncomfortable w/ a Yankees hurler. After years of watching Pedro dust and dent us I don’t mind it all. Don’t recall any NE fans calling for Pedro’s head after he tried to stick one in the ear of Karim Garcia.
    You’ll be ok redsox fans. You’ll be ok.

  • mark

    “From a Yankee fans perspective its nice to finally see the redsox hitters getting uncomfortable w/ a Yankees hurler.”

    Either you have a bad memory or you have yankee blinders on. Joba hasn’t thrown inside, he’s thrown at hitters, included at their heads. This is beyond what’s happened before.

    He’s a punk, and when Jeter is lying on the ground in pain, remember how ‘happy’ you are to see sox hitters uncomfortable.

  • Cyn

    “Who are you, Karim Garcia?”

  • woody

    Thats right, the redsox are perfect. they do everything right. Nobody does steroids, throws at people, gets fired up on the mound. Its everybody else thats wrong AS USUAL!!!!!!!!

  • dabayer

    Pedro? Who hasn’t been in Boston in 3+ seasons? That justifies Joba’s pitching “finesse?” And what is with Joba’s Youkilis fixation? As far as Joba is concerned, well, as they say, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree……

  • Brett

    It obvious, Joba’s an anti-semite.

  • RyGuy

    John Lester isn’t bright? Typical Yankees fan…players can’t touch him so talk smack about him to make everything better….enjoy your overpaid roiders Thermos haha…

  • Josh

    Joba is a punk. A no-class punk. That fist pumping seizure he has when he strikes someone out in the 3rd inning is bush league. I also like how you Yankkkee fans complained about Pedro being a headhunter, when this tard throws at anyone who takes him yard. You win a game on a K, fine celebrate. You hit a walk off, same deal. You leave a curve up and it sails out of that wind tunnel of a park you bozos call home, you make a better pitch next time, not put one between his shoulder blades his next at bat. That said, thank you for making him a starter, his 3 inning 8 hit starts are a thing of beauty.

  • Lance

    Yeah, I agree with the comments that Lester doesn’t seem like the brightest bulb. Red Sox pitchers for years have thrown with impunity at opposing players—Pedro, Schilling, Beckett—all those guys were/are head hunters. Now the Red Sox are just on the receiving end of what they’ve been dishing out and they don’t like it. Don’t start nothing, won’t be nothing. Typical punks, the Roid Sox and their inbred fanbase.

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