打得好的比較大聲，part2
Josh Beckett抗議賽程的排法對紅襪不公
August 19, 2011|By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff
Beckett認為他想說什麼就說什麼，管他在媒體前，好不好聽。紅襪在7月22日至
8月29日，38天裡要飛到3個時區，6個不同的州打37場比賽。他們連續8天打完8場客
場的比賽後，從西雅圖回到芬威球場休息1天，但接著卻必須在28小時內打完3場比
賽。Beckett覺得排客場與光芒打雙重賽，對紅襪不公。
"我們的客場比賽旅途實在不怎麼樣，我知道是因球隊的攻擊打得不錯，戰績才會
不錯。但這1周半來的鳥賽程這麼排誰會不累啊？我不知道他們是怎麼排的，好幾
天來已經有一些人打得這麼累了，實在不知道這賽程是怎麼排的。"
"客場賽程已經夠累人了，我不知道是那個XX排在那天排雙重賽的。他們(光芒隊)
在比賽中追上來好幾次。我覺得上一個禮拜左右排的賽程對紅襪不公，我最不爽的
是雙重賽的安排，我不知道為什麼要這麼排?"
"我不知道他們是怎麼想的，要一支在剛從西雅圖回來，休息了半天的球隊，要他
們在1天半裡打3場比賽，還能要求他們得個7, 8分嗎? 我不知道是那個XX同意的，
這是我這輩子見過最白痴的賽程排法。"
Daniel Bard表示這是球隊間協商定下的賽程，球員可沒得選。他覺得紅襪隊或許
是為了避免9月要與光芒隊對戰5場，但他表示:
"這賽程排得不好。"
對照組:
洋基隊被金鶯隊要求9月8日補賽後，洋基變成要在五個不同城市連續18天打18場客
場比賽，最後6場在西岸打，所以最後在水手隊打完後，隔一天要去多倫多打球，換言之
9月15日可能只能休息半天，就要去客場比賽。但管他的，打的好的比較大聲就要被鞭，
洋基紅襪你們就摸摸鼻子認了吧，呵呵....
http://0rz.tw/4g5CX
Beckett speaks his mind on the schedule
By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff
KANSAS CITY — Full disclosure: I like it when Josh Becket gets feisty with
the media.
Too many athletes face the cameras, microphones and notebooks and try their
best to be boring. They're well-coached by their teams or agents to talk
without really saying anything. Given the 24/7 news cycle and rush to
judgment that exists, you can't really blame them.
But Beckett says what he wants to say how he wants to say it. He doesn't care
and and it's beautiful.
For example:
Question: "What did (Alex) Gordon hit in his first two at-bats?
Beckett: "Why would I want to talk about those? We just won the game. Why
would I want to talk about a home run that I gave up?"
Then later on, Beckett went on a rant about the schedule. From July 22 to
Aug. 29 the Sox are set to play 37 games in 38 days in six states and three
time zones.
They went from Seattle to Fenway Park, had a day off, then played three games
in a span of 28 hours before going back on the road for eight games in eight
days. Beckett wants to talk to the person who decided that doubleheader on
Tuesday was a good idea.
"Our travel hasn't exactly been great," he said. "I know that our offense is
taking a lot of flack for that. How can you not be tired with the [expletive]
that we went through the last week and a half? I don't know how they do it.
There's been several days where a couple of these guys have played and I
don't know how they did it.
"This travel has been horrible. I don't know who the [expletive] made that
doubleheader that day. They [the Rays] come back one more time. We haven't
exactly been treated fair here the last week or so. That doubleheader being
the most glaring thing for me. I'm not real sure how that gets thrown on that
day.
"I don't know how they expect them to still score eight runs after coming
back from Seattle, having half an off day and then go get 'em for three games
in a day and a half. ... I don't who the [expletive] agreed to that. It was
the dumbest thing I've ever seen."
Daniel Bard, the player rep, explained that the Sox players didn't have a
choice under the rules of the collective bargaining agreement. The Sox, he
thinks, were trying to avoid a five-game series with the Rays in September.
"It wasn't the best planning," Bard said.
Surely some of you are thinking that the players are spoiled and quite often
they are. But speaking from experience, travel does wear you down after a
while and surely trying to play baseball at a high level can't be the easiest
thing to do when that's the case.
It's just good to see somebody willing to speak his mind regardless of the
subject. When Josh talks, you can't be sure what he'll say and these days,
that's refreshing.