A bizarre incident due to alcohol abuse …
Retired from the MLB since 2014, Josh Beckett could well, at age 37, make a mark on the side of defensive squads in NFL or combat sports …
The former star thrower of the prestigious American baseball league, two-time World Series champion (with the Florida Marlins in 2003 and the Boston Red Sox in 2007) and three-time All-Star, was sadly honored this week at the an evening at a country club in Texas, where he was with friends.
For no apparent reason, the MVP of the 2003 baseball finals jumped onto the stage and threw himself on the singer of the group that was performing then. A photo procured by TMZ testifies to the violence of the plating, under the dumbfounded eyes of other musicians. Moreover, the man targeted by Josh Beckett told the US site suffer serious injuries to the arm, neck and shoulder, a victim of dislocation and a tear of the rotator cuff.
The police obviously intervened after the incident and put Josh Beckett under arrest for drunkenness on public roads after establishing that he was ” a danger to himself and to others “. It’s the least we can say ! The applicant, whose reasons were not determined, acknowledged the facts and said that he had hurt his leg by hitting a speaker. While an investigation was opened, his lawyer told TMZ that it was only a ” heckling act ” with no intent to harm, not a serious assault, and said that his client had apologized. A site named BarstoolsportsCarefully advance a possible explanation, evoking a bet made by Beckett’s friends, who would have raised it. With the brio we know.
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