Josh Beckett finally got what was coming to him. After nearly plunking Bobby Abreu of the Anaheim Angels on Sunday night- A six game suspension. After taking his sweet time to throw the ball, after checking the runner on second base, Beckett hurled the ball as Abreu and the umpire called. Usually, the pitcher will lob the ball to the catcher if he has already started his windup. Not this time. Beckett threw straight for his noggin. Words were exchanged and the benches cleared. After watching the video of the incident (if you haven't seen it, you can see it here and make your own decision), I was surprised to see that Beckett was not ejected from the game. To make matters more peculiar, 4 members of the Angels were ejected, and subsequently fined, including LA's skipper Mike Scioscia and hitting coach Mickey Hatcher, who was also suspended for one game. The two players slapped with fines were Torii Hunter and Justin Speier. But come on-this was no mistake. I believe Beckett intended to throw the ball there. Josh Beckett is one of the best pitchers in baseball right now, and his control and stamina are better than most pitchers. As I mentioned before, Beckett took an excessive amount of time to throw the ball, about 15 seconds. The Angels are still grieving over the death of a player, Nick Adenhart, who was killed in a car crash, and were still a bit testy. But if you're looking for any sympathy from me for Josh Beckett, you're not going to find it. I'm sorry. I don't usually sympathize with head-hunters, except for maybe this one
