Basically The Entire Red Sox Team Skipped Johnny Pesky’s Funural But Did Manage To Party At Beckett Bowl That Same Night
Bostonherald – The late Johnny Pesky gave his life to his beloved Boston Red Sox [team stats], but, sadly, it appears only four current players made time to attend the Fenway icon’s funeral. Word from Yawkey Way is that the Sox front office hired buses to bring players, office and staff to the funeral from the ballpark to the church. The only players the Herald observed at the funeral at St. John The Evangelist Church in Swampscott were designated hitter David Ortiz [stats], pitchers Clay Buchholz and Vincente Padilla and catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia. By contrast, that same night, nearly the entire team turned out for pitcher Josh Beckett [stats]’s annual Beckett Bowl and country music show at Lucky Strike Lanes and the House of Blues. Also in the pews were former players like Nomar Garciaparra, who made the trip from California for the funeral and was visibly upset during the ceremony; Jim Rice, Bill Lee, Jerry Moses and Mike Andrews.
Just when you think they can’t sink any lower, they sink lower. In terms of deciding what players I hate the most it’s like shuffling the chairs on the titantic. Bucholz gets major points for showing up. I didn’t see that one coming at all. Maybe he’s not only the best pitcher on the staff/only good pitcher on the staff, but also the most mature. Papi sort of redeems himself for all his whining he’s been doing this year. And then there is good old Vincente Padilla cementing his spot as my favorite player on the team. Just throwing at people’s heads one minute and going to Johnny Pesky’s funeral the next.  As for everybody else they can all go to hell as far as I’m concerned. This funeral apparently should have been mandatory. It’s sad that you got to treat these guys like 8 year olds.but that’s what you got to do.
PS – Kind of funny how 95% of the team couldn’t make it from Boston to Swampscott for this funeral but Nomar flew in from California. I don’t know how many different times or different ways I can say this. Nomar was one of the classiest guys ever to put on the uniform. He got steamrolled by this ownership group before everybody knew their true colors. The fact he got run out of town and the subsequent smear campaign Lucchino ran against him is still one of the darkest days of this franchise’s history. It’s easy to look back and see how obvious it was now, but it’s a shame so many people turned their back on #5 when it was happening. Guy loved this team, loved this town and left it all out on the field. He deserved better.
Double PS – I give Adrian Gonzalez a pass. It clearly wasn’t in God’s Plan for him to show up to the funeral.
The 2012 version of my Boston Red Sox are a total embarrassment to themselves, the fans and the history of the organization.
I have a boner!
I really fucking hate that piece of shit Pedroia
“Nomar was one of the classiest guys ever to put on the uniform. He got steamrolled by this ownership group before everybody knew their true colors. The fact he got run out of town”
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The guy was a whiny doucebag the first half of the 2004 season. If the Sox don’t make that trade they don’t win the World Series that year. That’s a fact. Your comment just goes to show that you know absolutely nothing about sports, which is why you should either climb into an oven or keep writing about Adam Lambert’s cock
just got my playoff ticket invoice
Funerals are for family and close friends, do you think Pesky considered them close friends or would even want them there. Of all the stupid shit the Sox have done the past year and a half, this isn’t even worth mentioning.
did you have a chance to bend over and touch your ankles for nomar during his east coast trip?
This team is despicable.  I still have the hologram collector cup with Nomar from 2003.  My wife attempted to throw it away because the hologram was glued on and over the years it began to separate from the cup.  I almost stabbed her in her eye.  It brings a smile to my face when I think about those teams between 2002 and 2008.  Now I root for their fake streak at Fenway to end and the team gets blown up and sold.  Bitter!!!!!!!
Not a fan of baseball but they truly are one of the worst “teams” I’ve ever heard of. If I was a BoSox fan, I wouldn’t watch one game, pay one dollar, or give one fuck to support in any way this group of selfish assholes. They don’t give a shit, and they flaunt it. Fuck the Red Sox. How far they’ve fallen from the time this organization rejuvenated the public’s interest in baseball.
He might strikeout 300 times a season but salty is proving to be one of the most likable players on the team.
OMG he spelled funeral incorrectly!!!!!!!
Fucking Scumbags. I am done with this team for the season. I can handle my favorite baseball team losing and missing playoffs. In the past I still stayed a fan.
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But these guys are just fucking assholes. Except for the 4 who went to the funeral, I hope they are get penis cancer and piss blood.
Did Bobby V go?
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Once Nomar proves why he is a prince among men. Always loved Nomar.
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Gonna steal a little from TnR here but I think people are making this way too big of an issue. This isn’t 5 years ago when Pesky was in the clubhouse and dugout for every game. 90% of the team has probably only met him once. Whether it was their choice to or not every player honored him 2 nights ago at the park and showed him respect by wearing his number. The team had just come back from a week long road trip and has 1 days to see family and kids. I think these players are a joke just as much as anyone else but you gotta put yourself in their shoes for this one. Most of them barely knew the guy, there had already been a public wake for him along with a memorail for him at Fenway and usually a funeral is meant for family and close friends anyways. Nomar and Ortiz spent tons of time time with him over their time which is why they belonged there.
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How many years has Beckett and Pedroia been here?  What’s their excuse?
hey brovechkin if your “not a fan of baseball” how about you shut the fuck up and get off the I hate the red sox bandwagon unless you actually know you’re talking about.
how come people are making excuses? Â fucking vicente padilla went. Â everyone should have gone.
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i wonder what sort of trade value pedroia has?
Not that big a deal, church sucks, and pesky was old that’s what old people do, they die
Not that big a deal, church sucks, and pesky was old that’s what old people do, they die
typical boston scumbags. show no respect for a former play. way to go boston. making urselfs look worse than philly.
Beckett doesn’t need an excuse, he’s just a fucking asshole and him not being there doesn’t surprise me nor should it surprise you Pres. You’re right about Pedroia though, he was the only one that surpised me. He’s been fucking weird this year though, just acting like a child constantly so who knows.
Whitney, how the hell do you know they barely knew the guy? If the team rented buses I’m guessing they expected more than 4 guys to show.
@whitey. Well said. Nomar and Papi were very close to Pesky. How many funerals have you guys been to for people you don’t even know? As for Beckett, he can gag on a mouthful of moose semen.
Vicente Padilla went because he thought he’d have a chance to cross another border illegally. Fucking guy reminds me of chief from Once Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
You go to funerals pay your respect to the deceased and that my friends is a whole lot of lack of respect.
Dixon, prove they didn’t know him. And why would Salty and Padilla go then?
i hate this team
Look the guy was a Red Sox icon. They all wore his dam number for a dam game. They are paid millions and have certain marketing/community/organizational responsibility. Therefore, they should have been at that funeral period. If Yogi Berra dies tomorrow, all the yankees will be at that funeral and I am sure Yogi doesn’t spend much time around Yankee stadium these days. This is really indicative of the lack of class and organizational dedication, it’s sad. People can downplay the significance but these assholes should have been there if for nothing else to avoid any backlash from fans.
Because it’s been a known fact for awhile that his health has been getting worse and worse and he hasn’t been around the team at all the last 2 seasons. Look at the roster, everyones new. Pres is right about Beckett and Pedroia, probably Lester too. But if this team wasn’t as fucking terrible as they are, this would probably be a non-issue.
Pesky cost us the 46 series I think the wake was more than enough, fuck this slap hitting dead prick
All you cocksuckers who are giving them a pass because ‘ funerals are for family and close friends ‘ can jump ass first onto a railroad spike. This is about priorities and respect. You think it was easy for that geriatric pesky to drag his ass to Fenway all the time? He did it because he lovedthe Sox and those fuckers spit on his face for doing it. Fuck them, fuck management and fuck all you cock wads who think its OK to go booze up instead of taking the time to respect a fucking icon and give a few minutes of your life to pay respects.
Who is the blonde smoke in the picture? This should be today’s project.
Viceversa, you just started at a new company. Some legend in the company who helped make the business what it is but you’ve only meant once or twice ends up passing away. You’re on a week long trip away from your family and you only have 1 day at home before you leave again. You gonna take the time to go to your funeral after you’ve already honored him some way? No you wouldn’t, and if you did it’s too impress your boss which it seems the team doesn’t really give a fuck about anyways.
adding to what pres commented – im pretty sure Ellsbury has been with the red sox for 6 years too and been in the farm system even longer before that. Â Same shit with Lester. those guys all had plenty of interaction with Pesky, fucking disgrace they didnt go to the funeral but were able to going bowling for the biggest dickbag on the team’s event. obviously you the whole roster isnt expected to go (guys like cody ross have only been here a few months) but the guys who have been pillars of the organization for the better part of a decade no doubt should have been there. hope the team plane crashes and kraft buys the team to do a complete overhaul
@vice, because I have a friend in the Sox organization. Look, there are two valid sides to this argument, but the team got in at 4 a.m., the buses left at 11 a.m. and were full when they left. As much as I hate Beckett, the Beckett Bowl raises a ton of money for charity. Personally, I would have gone to the funeral regardless and so would the ’04 and ’07 teams. They had class then.
whitney – comparing a large company to a professional sports team is a horrible analogy. Â pesky wasnt some CEO on the 50th floor you never saw, he had been involved in the organization for 60 years and up until the last couple seasons was always in the clubhouse and around the team. sure cody ross probably doesnt know him too well but guys like pedroia, beckett, lester, and ellsbury saw him all the time. Â even if they didnt know him that well they are all aware of their perception in Boston right now. how any of you shitheads can defend this team is beyond lunacy. they are making the Jets organization look like the Patriots
Not showing is just weak, but almost expected. This team has no character whatsoever. No balls, no personality..nothing. Somewhere in Chicago Theo is laughing about the mess he left Larry. Take that fucker..
cant we just consider Josh Beckett’s salary itself a charity?
jesus christ whitney, your acting like the red sox players are home for 1 day than deploying to the middle east for a year…there going on a measly road trip and will be back again in a couple of days
Nomar is in Williamsport for the Little League World Series not in California.Â
tuffnutz, you’re a pathetic loser
My bosses father died, went to the funeral to show respect and give comfort to my boss. That’s what you do. 21 red sox players didn’t show respect and deserve to be told that they are cocksucking, privilege assholes.
Ezbreezy for you to be this upset about a funeral is strange, get a life bro, which is something pesky doesn’t have Haaaa
Rp- suck my dick
hey look at me, i can make fun of a dead guy…what a joke you are
dont even give him attention rp..its the internet, anyone can be such a cool, tuff dude like him from behind a screen
Yea and the best part is he can’t even make a comeback
^i know, couldn’t help myself
Backbone with the truth if it makes you feel better you can come tickle my pesky pole hehe
If you are on the team when an iconic player passes, you show up at the funeral. Â It’s a sign of respect for the organization, for the legacy you are inheriting, and for the fans who care about the guy. Â That’s the unique nature of the relationship between a sports team and their community. Â Even if you never said word one to the guy, it matters to many that you value your heritage enough to pay your respects. Â It isn’t difficult arithmetic, unless you’re tuffnutz or Whitney. Â I’ve been in Boston for almost twenty years, and this is easily the most unlikable, awful team in all that time.
Was Mo Vaughn there? Exactly quit crying oh they’re so baddd, bunch of fags
It’s embarrassing that Jimmy Superfly Snuka can go to the funural but Pedroia, Lester and Beckett can’t get there.
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Oh and for all you idiot rumpswabs that continue to think Pedroia is a better player than Cano …….Kill yourselves!!! You know who you are! Yes i’m  talking to you 5tooler!
It just speaks to the lack of comraderie and mutual respect that exists within this team. A true TEAM would show up in full force and anyone who didn’t show would be ripped apart by the team captains (who didn’t bother to show themselves). It’s disgusting and despicable. Say what you want about the ownership group but at least they were there and made an effort to provide these overpaid babies with a means to get there. This is nowhere close to a team. It’s a bunch of underperforming individuals who deserve to have this entire city turn it’s back on them. Perfect example of why they suck do bad this year an why their season is moong to an early close. Fuck them. It’s football season
Nomaaaaaaaaaah
honor Pesky for his WWII service, not because he lived the rest of his life choosing to not get a job and sniff jocks.
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Also – Pres is right about ownership smearing Nomar. Â They really went over the top in disrespecting him by offering him $60M over 4 years.
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Padilla went because if he didn’t, Pesky’s soul would hunt him down in the form of a chicken.
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And Yankees fans – the Yanks all missed the PA announcer’s funeral you filthy cunts. Is it required to have greasy hair and be sweaty to be a Yanks fan? Fucken scum.
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what a bunch of cock suckers, prop to those 4. Not Surprised the ” Texas Tough Guy” wasn’t there. Good for Nomar, still think they should retire his number, why not.
That Adrian line always gets me, hilarious.
I can’t help myself here. Tuffnutz, you clearly never played sports and if you did you were the whiny bitch who never saw playing time. If you were on one of the teams I played on when I played, I would have knocked your teeth right down your fucking throat for even making a comment like some of the ones you just made. You clearly have no concept of team or organization. Do us all a favor and just excuse yourself from the conversation
Anyone defending the asshole players is just a cuntbag looking to spread hate on the comment section. It’s respect for the organization who pays you millions of dollars. I am just disgusted by these assholes.
Usually I don’t attend a funeral, but attend the wake of someone I don’t know well. For example a friend’s father, etc….
@tuffnutz – you are one hardo faggot. dont worry about “how upset” im getting. im not upset at all, just posting my opinion in the comment section of a smut blog. i think the strangest thing going these days is attention seeking trolls who try to be tough asses on the internet (you). good luck on jdate kid.
Kickthepuppy I commend you on such a blur collar comment, but please no one is letting a benchwarmer punch an all star, so cut it out
Breezy if you respond to me you are upset, that is all
Kickthepuppy I commend you on such a blur collar comment, but please no one is letting a benchwarmer punch an all star, so cut it out
Breezy if you respond to me you are upset, that is all
These players couldn’t find the time because of their hectic schedule? May I remind you that the POS starters pitch every five days. As if they could find the time in their busy schedule to spend an hour at the funeral? The worst part is that it doesn’t take much common sense to realize that many fans, especially older fans who could connect with Pesky, would be pissed off if they didn’t show up. I would argue that Clay B showed up so he didn’t have to deal with the media backlash like he dealt with his Foxwoods trip. So in a round about way this was just another slap in the face to the fans.
@Tuffnutz: Way to validate my point dumbass. I’m sure you were an allstar waterboy
Quit obsessing with me, it’s uncomfortable
Ps I bet you are fat
Fuck this team, I can’t believe I actually respect the Yankees more than I do the Red Sox now. And as someone already said, Salty is becoming one of my favorite players because he seems to actually give a shit. Good on Buchholz too, never would have thought he would go.
not so tuffnutz is clearly like 14 yrs old…squid
tuffnutz likes it up the poop chute. True story.
Heard about this on the radio this morning, knew it would be on the stool. This is absolutely pathetic and the players should be ashamed if themselves. I met Johnny Pesky once, truly a class act. No excuses here. I hate this team.
@tuffnutz: Jump off the Tobin Bridge you twink.
If I’m 14 then you are Ben more pathetic than I thought for acknowledging ya drip
1 finger at lily spa in the chute no extra charge fyi
When Yogi Berra dies do you think Ichiro won’t show up? This team is pathetic! Can the Fenway Faithful please stop with the Pedroia should take over as captain since Varitek retired” He’s as big of an embarrassment as tuffnutz posting on the innanet.
tuffnutz – come on trying to sound educated about the 1946 series you silly faggot.
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If you knew anything, he was the biggest reason they were in the series. Now go rollerblade in traffic you cum dumpster.
nah kid, not upset, just off from work and bored. seems like youre the one whos upset attacking everyone in the comment section. we’ll keep laughing at you, you just keep being a tool
Kay jewelers you serious bro?
I think Tuffnutz’s words actually carry less weight than a towel-head’s. Speaking of towel-heads, I second the ficken die hocker’s sentiments about Tuffy likin it in the butt. Hey rexisfat time to weigh in, what’s the consensus on Tuffnutz takin it Greek like a 12-year old Afghany boy?
Stop I’m blushing, did you just ask for an opinion from a fellow Internet friend haha that is pathetic, I’m sorry I feel bad for you I was just busting balls didn’t realize you were this big of a loser, this is uncomfortable
Well this guy Ted Williams was good too, but you probably haven’t heard of him.
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1 play doesnt lose a WS. Same goes for Buckner you fucken monkey.
tuffnutz, I hope that nobody ever shows up to your funeral. There’s trying to be funny on the internet, and then there’s just being an absolute dickwad, and you sir are the latter. Show some respect for a war veteran if him being a ball player doesn’t warrant enough respect from you.
Ficken don’t be a hypocrite you are no better than me now, now why don’t you shut your fat lonely ass up
well only Jeter and Pettitte went to Bobby Murcer’s funeral…but in all fairness it was in Oklahoma and they were playing a game in Arlington later that day
many Yanks missed Murcer’s funeral because they had a game 225 miles away later that day…Red Sox players skipped Pesky’s because Beckett was throwing a fucking hoe down at a bowling alley
Its about being a team nothing more nothing less
Its about being a team nothing more nothing less
Tuffnutz sounds like he wakes up each morning and eats a bowl of hairy dicks with semen replacing the milk…as for the team this is par for the course. Good to see some of the guys know something about respect though. Beckett was my boy from the 03′ series but he has turned into a huge dbag since getting into Boston.
tuffnutz, I’m not being hypocritical, I have never made fun of somebody dying. That’s sick.
i make fun of Portnoy for being a greedy, big nosed, Jew, but I’ve never wished death upon him or made fun of someone being dead. That’s just disgusting.
Will you quit being such a faggot? This ain’t the obituaries on Boston.com. You are pathetic and probably have a small penis
Will you quit being such a faggot? This ain’t the obituaries on Boston.com. You are pathetic and probably have a small penis
Ignore Tuffnutz, let him rot in hell. End of story….
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^def 14 yr old skinny troll
Rp- nnnnnnaaaahhhhhhh kkkkiiiidddd beat it
yup, that’s gonna make me think otherwise
“Funerals are for family and close friends,” Hey Truck151—You are one dumb motherfucker. That is exactly why they should have showed up. Pesky looked at the Red Sox as his family. The least they could have done is shown their respect. Wake up, splash some cold water on your face and jump off a bridge you clown
Did the excuse makers not see the part about the owners hiring buses? Obviously the players knew ignoring the buses could make headlines, just as they knew going to Beckett’s party would look bad. But here’s the thing: the players hate Boston. Isn’t that obvious? It doesn’t matter how much they are paid. These are baseball players: the stupidest, most self centered jackasses of all the major sports. I guarantee they see themselves as MLB players, not as “Red Sox players”, and they look forward to leaving as soon as they’ve been paid. There are easier places to play, and that’s where they’d like to go. Why anyone would fool themselves into liking any of these assholes is beyond me. They are ALL assholes. The team plane could crash tomorrow and the world would be better off.
I’m just gonna stick to watching the 2004 world champs dvd
What an absolute abomination. For all those bashing Pedroia, they just said on Felger and Mazz that his wife is going to have their second kid like any minute now, and she had complications during her last pregnancy, so he gets a pass. I’m sure he would’ve been there if he could’ve. Everyone else, wow. Pathetic. Pres, glad you threw in the “wasn’t in God’s plan” thing for Adrian at the end, that was the first thing I was prepared to write on here when I read this.
^^^ It was also just confirmed that Pedroia, Ross, Ellsbury and their wives all went to dinner on Monday before the Becket Bowl. Got anymore excuses for “Pedey”??? Fuck that little bald fuck. So tired of him getting a free pass around here! Little fuck has also been the trouble-maker all year, then acts all innocent when the media confronts him. Fuck you “Pedey”… go get yourself a toupee.
The blonde ballgirl needs to be featured ASAP.
tuffnutz – i know you pride your entire life on being an internet tough guy but if you ever want to throw down for real i have no problem doing that. lechmere green line station anytime you want i can be there in 2 minutes (except times when regular contributors to society work, if youre unaware of that time frame its typically 9a-5p) just let me know man, got a great spot picked out where you can show me how tough you are
Nomar was in Pennsylvania for the LL world series. He didn’t “fly in from California.” Wake the fuck up, internet mogul.
I hate my team so much right now.
Funerals ARE for family & friends but you also go to show your RESPECT for the deceased. Very disappointing so few of these children could have taken a few minutes out of their fun to stop by, pay their RESPECTS and then go do what they do best – suck down the suds and fuck around.Â
BTW – when I hear #5 was being traded I knew – on the spot – we had a great shot at a title that year. He was a whiney bitch who wasn’t above taking the odd night off due to phantom injuries. He was a poison on this team. I don’t want to hear this shit he was railroaded. These guys wanted to win a title – this ain’t high school. And the fact that this clown could come 3,000 miles for some beer & pizza but couldn’t be bothered to go see a much greater man than he’ll EVER be tells me all I’ll ever need to know about NomahHHH!
hortonhearsawoo — Thank you for posting that. I was sick over Pedrioa bagging this wake. Maybe he’s not a scumbagh like the others. I hope not. Always thought of his as a dirtdog.