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Poll: What is your opinion of Josh Beckett’s priorities? 02.27.12 at 12:22 pm ET
By WEEI

Josh Beckett

Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett revealed in an interview with WEEI.com’s Rob Bradford that he shifted his primary focus from the team to his family last season, as his wife gave birth to the couple’s first child only hours after the season-ending loss to the Orioles.

“If somebody reads this or somebody thinks I’m wrong, they can go [expletive] themselves,” he said of those who are critical of his decision. “That’s the truth. That’s what’s important to me. I’m not saying baseball is not important. I could differentiate on the day I was pitching. I went out there and I was still as competitive. I’m not saying my mind was only focused on just this pitch because I did have other things on my mind. Whether you want to understand that or not, I don’t care because I know who I am and what I’m trying to do.”

What is your opinion of Josh Beckett now?

  • He can prioritize his family, but he should keep comments like these to himself. (35%)
  • He is right to prioritize family over team and everyone should respect that. (35%)
  • For what he gets paid, he should be more focused on his job. (24%)
  • He should be 100 percent focused on baseball from April to October. (6%)
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  • Guest

    You guys are lame for putting this poll up. 

  • LA34LA34

    WHO “EXPLETIVE” CARES

  • Anonymous

    This poll is bogus.  If I were owner, this guy Beckett would be traded promto.

    Shows you how much of a team player he is, cannot except responisbilty for his actions.

    No excuses for a guy getting paided so much. I think lackey was the poison pill and it rubbed

    of on others, such as Buchholtz and Lester. I hope Bobby V sees thru it all.

  • mark e

    The birth of a child is a once in a lifetime thing, and it’s their first kid too. Yes, I’d think just about anyone in that situation is going to be distracted, nervous, concerned for the wife’s well-being etc. If he gets distracted by the kitchen renovation, that’s another thing entirely….

  • guest

     accept

  • Nathanl75

    This a fraud poll, for a fraud story. Having taken PR 101 in college, I see this as WEEI’s evaluation of the effectiveness of latest spin efforts from Beckett/Bradford. How about pointing out that lots of major leaguers have kids, yet somehow manage to not embarrass themselves in September?

  • http://profiles.yahoo.com/u/R55OAWPFVURMKG42INEZLKQQDA brent l

    This is stuiped on so many levels. Beckett should just keep his mouth shut with stuff like this. Every one who has a family puts it first but that dont meen he isnt very focused an passionate about his job an team. I do feel like he just wont take responsibilities for his actions an this is a huge problem. He could be a even bigger cancer to this club then we ever thought. Lacky is a huge problem but Beckett could be just as bad. I no Bucholz thinks hes the greatest thing since Pedro an that his head is huge an he needs to come down to earth a little an get alot maturer. He too may be a big problem as well. I think Lester is an will be fine.

    I would try an trade Beckett ( assuming he is a HUGE problem in the club house) but only at the right price. I wouldnt give him away. I would want fair market value for him. Plus we probally wouldnt want prospects back because we are a playoff team an already thin with good ML SP so unless we could deal him for a another good SP in or use the prospects to get him in a deal to get another SP I would sit tight. I would be all for getting a top SP prospect ready or just about ready for the show like Shelby Miller. But that one aint happening.

  • Spinninghorsevideo

    Beckett did not deliver the on the field performance for which he was well paid. By his view, a surgeon who has family issues on his mind should not be solely focused on his job. By his standards. it would be ok for that surgeon not to perform professionally and give 100 percent. If Becket wanted to focus on his familly, he should have taken an unpaid sabbatical from the team.

    And he likely gets paid much more than a surgeon. Or, how about our soldiers in Afghanistan? Do they not have family issues on their minds most of the time. And,  yet, they find the personal fortitude and dedication to perform heroically on the field of battle. But, the way that whiney Beckett sees it, its ok if he sloughs off, all because his wife was having a baby. What a baby Beckett is.

    Of course, the whole team, with the exception of Pedroia, is a bunch of overpaid, oversensitive crybabies. Go ahead Beckett. Whine and whine; it’ll make it easier for me to root against you when you’re pitching. That kind of arrogance deserves a losing record. In my book, you are far from the team’s top pitcher.

    This year, what’s next? Oh, your young child has a cold; that’ll be enough to throw you into a tizzy and give you the right to under-perform. Really. The more I see these Red Sox whine, the more I’m looking for a baseball team with true winners. 

  • Spinninghorsevideo

     Yeah, right. Well, what about soldiers in the field of battle; would the birth of a first-born give them the right to abandon their fellow soldiers when the bullets and shells were flying. Yes, the birth of a child is, indeed, a wonderful thing; it should not be demeaned by a second-rate, mediocre, overpaid crybaby pitcher who uses this occurrence to justify him drinking beer, eating chicken and not showing up mentally for games.

  • Bugrad10

    so in other words he was just celebrating the birth of his child by drinking beer and eating wings…dude shut the hell up already…u think you are the only one with a freaking kid…last i checked there are 6 billion people in the world buddy…just pitch the damm ball and get some guys out

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  • joe

    Why don’t you friggin writers leave the guy alone

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