Josh Beckett has caused a firestorm in Boston after it was revealed that he played golf on a recent off-day, the day after it was announced that he would miss his next start with a sore back muscle.
And Beckett may have added gasoline to the fire last night when he, in his own words, "pitched like s---" in his first start since the golf outing, and then took a dismissive attitude during the post-game press conference when he was asked about the fans being angry.
When asked if the fans have a right to question why he was playing golf, Beckett again said "not on my off-day." But the most damning response may have been when Beckett said "we get 18 off-days a year, I think we deserve a little time to ourselves."
Off course, this completely ignores the off-season, which for most teams was about 135 days this past winter. And it also doesn't consider that he is a starting pitcher and pitches just three times every two weeks.
But hey, when you are Josh Beckett and you are making $15.75 million per year, what's a few (dozen) days amongst friends?
Here are some highlights from his press conference (via NESN.com)...
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