As I seem to be doing more and more of, I am not going to talk about the Cubs again. No this time, I have gone more west and I ‘m going to talk about the game… more like battle between the Anaheim Angles and the Boston Red Sox. Now being a Cubs fan, I tended to relate and like Red Sox fans over the years up until, 2004 where they finally broke their WS-less streak and well… our is still going, but this forgotten fan hood has nothing to do with my opinion on what happened this past Sunday in the hot weather of southern California. It is obvious to everyone watching the game, the umpires, and should have been obvious to the replay viewers, that Beckett did not do this intentionally. He was halfway through his delivery when he realized that time had been called. Bobby Abbreu called time very late as he could see that Becket was looking at the runner at second base multiple times and he took that chance of having Beckett not see the time called by calling time when he did. The hitters job is to look at the pitcher, not only for what pitch he is throwing or where the pitch is going to be delivered, but also for situations such as these. The amount of potential energy in Beckett’s throwing arm as well as the momentum of his arm are at such a level, that you just can’t stop it in mid-throw. He had to throw the ball somewhere. He changed the location of his pitch at last second because he realized that time had been called, but the location of the pitch was then undetermined for a fraction on a millisecond and the overall effect was what seemed like a pitch at Bobby’s head. This has nothing to do with cowardliness or disrespect to Bobby (him being an ex-Yankee) or to the Angels, it was just a mistake that happened and turned into an unnecessary fight on both sides. All in all, Beckett should not be suspended for a mistake he did not make or for a result that any pitcher in the MLB would tell you, they would have done the same.