January 25, 20215 yr The best part of this? What his daughter is named. https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/gordon-beckham-looks-back-hype-and-pressure-being-white-sox-savior
January 25, 20215 yr 2 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: The best part of this? What his daughter is named. https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/gordon-beckham-looks-back-hype-and-pressure-being-white-sox-savior His dog is named Josie, not his daughter, hahahah
January 25, 20215 yr Author 1 minute ago, CWSpalehoseCWS said: His dog is named Josie, not his daughter, hahahah Baha, I totally misread that into the context of his 1 year old daughter.
January 25, 20215 yr 1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said: The best part of this? What his daughter is named. https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/white-sox/gordon-beckham-looks-back-hype-and-pressure-being-white-sox-savior It's his dog's name. NVM someone beat me to it. Edited January 25, 20215 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside
January 25, 20215 yr It was the best of times It was the worst of times Thanks for the good memories Gordon!
January 25, 20215 yr He gave us one of the greatest Hawk melt down calls of all time. For that I will always have a place in my heart for him.
January 25, 20215 yr 5 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: Baha, I totally misread that into the context of his 1 year old daughter. I was like wait that's not what he said on the Podcast....LMFAO
January 25, 20215 yr I remember back in 2010, MLB Network made an all-MLB team for 2020 and Beckham was on that list as the 2nd baseman. It's sad that it's 2021 and he's now retired. It started out so well and ended so poorly for Gordon.
January 25, 20215 yr You wonder if the Sox rushed his development, just another example of a top prospect / first round pick often doesn't live up to the hype. He had a nice rookie season but never built upon it.
January 25, 20215 yr 7 minutes ago, palehose1 said: You wonder if the Sox rushed his development, just another example of a top prospect / first round pick often doesn't live up to the hype. He had a nice rookie season but never built upon it. I don't think so. I think he was overwhelmed mentally at the MLB level. His swing got noticeably worse after his rookie year. Whatever he was doing in the offseason to tinker with it didn't work. When he got under pressure in season he would always revert back to that slow inside out swing that was good for a million popups to 2B. I don't think any amount of time in the minors would have solved his biggest issue, and that was just that he didn't have a great natural swing and wasn't able to ever implement the necessary changes to shorten it. Edited January 25, 20215 yr by chitownsportsfan
January 25, 20215 yr 3 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said: I don't think so. I think he was overwhelmed mentally at the MLB level. His swing got noticeably worse after his rookie year. Whatever he was doing in the offseason to tinker with it didn't work. When he got under pressure in season he would always revert back to that slow inside out swing that was good for a million popups to 2B. I don't think any amount of time in the minors would have solved his biggest issue, and that was just that he didn't have a great natural swing and wasn't able to ever implement the necessary changes to shorten it. He just had a hole in his swing. He could never catch up with high heat in and never pulled inside pitches well. Once pitchers found that out half way through his rookie season, he was screwed. Like you said, he tried to adjust and tinker, but it never worked.
January 25, 20215 yr 5 minutes ago, chw42 said: He just had a hole in his swing. He could never catch up with high heat in and never pulled inside pitches well. Once pitchers found that out half way through his rookie season, he was screwed. Like you said, he tried to adjust and tinker, but it never worked. He also had aluminum bat power. A lot of his homers in college became outs or doubles with a wooden bat.
January 25, 20215 yr To this day, when he got punched in the dick and Hawks reaction to it is one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen watching baseball. Hawk was crying in the booth and they kept replaying the hit over and over. It was amazing.
January 26, 20215 yr 4 hours ago, hi8is said: I miss him already. Warmest greetings from White Sox Discussion!
March 25, 20215 yr I thought of Beckham today when Carson Fulmer and Nicky Delmonico entered the game for the Reds. Baseball is one, cruel game. It ain't easy to play the game of baseball on the MLB level. Can't believe Beckham's career wound up being so blah. At least he made some good money and gets the pension. Edited March 26, 20215 yr by greg775
March 27, 20215 yr Saw GB hit his 1st homer of career in Cincinnati. Nice view of the Ohio river from behind Home plate.
March 27, 20215 yr A few billion people on the planet and he was never better than about the 20th best 2nd baseman. Lol. Isn't that insane? Based on the human population he was so amazingly great, yet retired feeling like he didn't really reach his potential.
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