The phrase “take on someone your own size” comes to mind with concern to how Dennis Eckersley is being treated by several Red Sox.
A Boston Globe column Sunday exposed a confrontation between the Hall of Famer and Red Sox pitcher David Price, who reportedly told Eckersley — several times — to “Get the (expletive) out of here.”
As the Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy detailed, Price took exception to a critical comment from Eckersley (now an NESN analyst) during a recent flight from Boston to Toronto.
When Eckersley reportedly said “yuck” after seeing Eduardo Rodriguez’s poor stats in a rehab start — three earned runs over 5.