So I was looking over the Red Sox roster today. They finally have the players' numbers... I noticed Josh Beckett has #19 and Mike Lowell has #25. You'd think Beckett would let Lowell take the number he has had the majority of his career. Unless they just assigned whatever numbers to whoever and they'll let them iron it out during Spring Training.. J.T Snow was listed as #84 after all.... but I found this interesting if it turns out to be true.

Beckett wore #19 in high-school. Lowell was the superior player when Beckett came to the league, hence the #61 for Beckett.

 

Now, Beckett's the man, Lowell's an albatross who was tied around Beckett's neck on the way out of town, Beckett gets his number.

lowell maybe wants a fresh start

lowell maybe wants a fresh start

 

 

He needs it.

He's hoping to bat .250

He's hoping to bat .250

 

 

do you ever have anything positive to say???

He's hoping to bat .250

 

 

do you ever have anything positive to say???

That was the truth.

 

Bo Sox might have the worst offensive 3B/SS combo in baseball. Great defensively tho.

He's hoping to bat .250

 

 

do you ever have anything positive to say???

Basically, I think what he is saying is whatever number Lowell is wearing will be his average.. (with a 0 behind it).. if this were to be true, I'd want everyone on the Marlins to have the highest numbers, so Miggy would take 99.

He's hoping to bat .250

 

 

do you ever have anything positive to say???

Of course.

 

Example: Nate Bump is an asset to the club, he's an effective middle reliever

Lowell may have been tied to Beckett, but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him return to form this season. He definitely needed a change of scenery.

:confused

 

That really doesn't look right.

Lowell may have been tied to Beckett, but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see him return to form this season. He definitely needed a change of scenery.

 

At his age? With the numbers he put up in the second half of 2004 and all of 2005?

 

No.

So I was looking over the Red Sox roster today. They finally have the players' numbers... I noticed Josh Beckett has #19 and Mike Lowell has #25. You'd think Beckett would let Lowell take the number he has had the majority of his career. Unless they just assigned whatever numbers to whoever and they'll let them iron it out during Spring Training.. J.T Snow was listed as #84 after all.... but I found this interesting if it turns out to be true.

 

JT is wearing 84 in honor of his dad (Jack Sr. wore 84 with the Rams)...

He's hoping to bat .250

 

 

do you ever have anything positive to say???

That was the truth.

 

Bo Sox might have the worst offensive 3B/SS combo in baseball. Great defensively tho.

 

Well, lucky for them the two guys they got are perfect fits offensively for that stadium.

He's hoping to bat .250

 

 

do you ever have anything positive to say???

That was the truth.

 

Bo Sox might have the worst offensive 3B/SS combo in baseball. Great defensively tho.

 

Well, lucky for them the two guys they got are perfect fits offensively for that stadium.

Lowell didn't really get it out of the outfield though. How can you expect him to get it out over tha Monstah.

He's hoping to bat .250

 

 

do you ever have anything positive to say???

That was the truth.

 

Bo Sox might have the worst offensive 3B/SS combo in baseball. Great defensively tho.

 

Well, lucky for them the two guys they got are perfect fits offensively for that stadium.

Lowell didn't really get it out of the outfield though. How can you expect him to get it out over tha Monstah.

 

Being a pull hitter, and lot of those routine flyballs he hits might just end up over the fence...

no offense to the red sox, but i just about up-chucked this morning when i saw the picture of Josh in a red sox uniform

no offense to the red sox, but i just about up-chucked this morning when i saw the picture of Josh in a red sox uniform

 

 

lol for real! I got this nasty pain when I saw that :plain , but then I looked at Derek Jeter and laughed, that mo-fo is so damn funny looking! :mischief

Beckett in a REd Sox uni...wow that just sunk it in that he won't be here anymore...and that looks pretty ugly on him...

 

Lowell had one bad season and everyone thinks he is terrible...

Lowell had one bad season

 

 

And a half, plus spring training.

Lowell had one bad season

 

 

And a half, plus spring training.

And he's old and the cloud of steroids certainly isn't far from him.

Lowell had one bad season and everyone thinks he is terrible...

 

No. Lowell had one terrible season and everything thinks he is bad for the rest of his career

Lowell also wore 25 when he was a Marlin a while back

 

 

i dont get why numbers make a difference

Lowell also wore 25 when he was a Marlin a while back

 

 

i dont get why numbers make a difference

 

 

He wore #28

Beckett his own man -- Hopes to avoid comparisons to Roger

By Jeff Horrigan

Friday, February 17, 2006 - Updated: 06:44 AM EST

 

FORT MYERS ? Josh Beckett was well aware of the fact he was joining an organization that relied heavily upon the interpretation of numbers when he was traded to the Red Sox from the Florida Marlins in November.

 

Detailed statistical analysis might have turned the Sox into one of the most consistent teams since 2000, but the right-hander already has made an effort to distance himself from others reading too much into numbers.

 

Beckett, who arrived for his first Sox spring training yesterday, purposely selected uniform No. 19 rather than the No. 21 he wore during his five seasons in Florida to avoid the inevitable comparisons to the man who forever will be associated with it in Boston: Roger Clemens.

 

The hard-throwing 25-year-old has been likened to the seven-time Cy Young Award winner since his high school days in Texas, and the last thing he needed to do upon his relocation to baseball?s most intense market was to put additional pressure on himself every time he pulled on his uniform.

 

Not to mention, if the Sox have their way, Clemens himself might be pulling that uniform on. They are one of a handful of teams interested in obtaining the services of the future Hall of Famer.

 

Regardless, Beckett made an arrangement with Mike Lowell, who accompanied him in the seven-player deal on Nov. 25. Lowell wore No. 19 in Florida, but he let Beckett take it.

 

?I figured it would probably end up being a deal where I don?t want all of the comparisons,? Beckett said. ?I want to be my own person and create my own deal. I felt at first it would be fun to have (21), but it ended up being that I?d just rather have 19. This is the number I was in the minor leagues and in high school, so growing up, this was my number.?

 

Other numbers Beckett isn?t concerned with are one and 20. After earning MVP honors in Florida?s stunning triumph against the favored Yankees in the 2003 World Series, he was expected to blossom into a dominating, No. 1 starter capable of winning 20 games every year.

 

Five stays on the disabled list in the past two seasons sidetracked him from those accomplishments, but he still managed to post career highs in wins (15), strikeouts (166), starts (29), innings (178 2/3) and complete games (two) last year.

 

Beckett required two stints on the disabled list in 2005 for a left oblique strain and a recurring blister problem on his right middle finger. Stiffness in his right shoulder in September, however, was the most troublesome. Beckett yesterday said he has had no indications that the problem will return.

 

?I think I?m fine,? he said. ?I threw a bullpen today, and I?ve thrown about eight other bullpens and I haven?t had any setbacks, which is good.?

 

It?s possible Beckett?s taxing spring and pre-spring regimens might have been responsible for the shoulder woes.

 

?Last year, I threw 14 bullpens before I got to spring training,? he said. ?With the Marlins, they wanted us ready to go because we were on a four-man rotation. Things are different around here. They want us to kind of ease into it.?

 

Beckett expects the presence of former Florida teammates Lowell and shortstop Alex Gonzalez in camp to help him ease into his new situation.

 

?It?s kind of cool having my whole left side of the infield here,? he said. ?I know those guys can play a little bit. It?s going to help me. It makes the transition that much easier.

 

?As far as I?m concerned, Alex Gonzalez could?ve won the Gold Glove in the National League the last three years. Mikey finally won one last year. I think they?re finally getting out of a deal where your average doesn?t have to be over .300 and you don?t have to hit 30 home runs to win a Gold Glove. That?s not what it?s all about.?

 

Source -- http://redsox.bostonherald.com/redSox/view...635&format=text