Comments on: Gordon Beckham Is Obviously A Lousy Baseball Player

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:55:47 +0000

Agree w James. Give him a few years and he’ll be unstoppable. Excited to watch him play.

By: JamesR

JamesR — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:04:58 +0000

Gordon Beckham is anything BUT a lousy baseball player. Have you ever heard of Rookies having a jitters before their major league debuts? Writing him off as lousy is ridiculous. The kid’s good. And he’s going to mean a lot to the Sox in the coming years. He should play SS, where he’s played all his life, and Ramirez should move to center.

By: B2theD

B2theD — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:17:56 +0000

And while we have had a terrible start to the year, we are fortunate to be only 3.5 games back when we haven’t had good or any production from: CQ, Thome, Fields, 2B, CF, Floyd, Danks, Ramierez or Contreras. If half of these issues straighten themselves out, we will definitely contend for this division.

By: B2theD

B2theD — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:13:58 +0000

I’m really confused as to why they’re playing him at 3B. I thought he was projected to be our 2B of the future. I’ve heard that Ozzie plans to play him at both 2B and 3B this season. Talk about screwing him up! Getz is average at best. Fields, while recently below average, has a much higher upside especially with his improved defense (assuming it keeps improving). Nix should stay (can back up 3B and 2B) and Getz should get sent back down. Fields should remain at 3B and Beckham should start everyday at 2B, where he’s expected to be throughout his career.

By: Andrew Reilly

Andrew Reilly — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:05:10 +0000

Tom hit it on the head. What happened to the best hitter in the AL? The mightiest grand slammer of all-time? The thunder-wielding third baseman? Beckham’s arrival isn’t bad in and of itself, but is donright miserable in the context of admitting so much else has gone wrong – and as I’ve said before, he’ll at best solve one problem; one of countless problems, all drastically larger than one man.

By: Tom K.

Tom K. — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:30:25 +0000

It’s pretty bad that we have to count on a rookie instead of our veterans or even our hitters in their second year (Quentin, Ramirez), but I think Beckham will be a very elite player someday. Which to say, having him with us can’t hurt us, and he can’t be any worse than Josh Fields has looked.

By: Thomato Sauce

Thomato Sauce — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:38:00 +0000

Too bad Josh Fields already wears number 7–or maybe his days in a Sox uni are numbered?

By: CushingLee

CushingLee — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:24:12 +0000

This is what bothers me about the Beckham call-up– the expectations will be so high that the fans and the media will turn on him if he doesn’t have a Longoria type season. Let’s all try to be realistic and not ruin this kid.