Red Sox legend and current NESN analyst Tim Wakefield said it’s time for the spat between David Price and Dennis Eckersley to be “put to bed” and suggested the two should have a man-to-man conversation before the situation impedes the club’s pennant push.
“It’s a bunch of bull crap,” Wakefield said. “It needs to be put to bed because it can become a huge distraction and it already has been for the team. It’s something you don’t want lingering over your club when you’re trying to get to the World Series.”
Eckersley and Price have been at the center of an ongoing kerfuffle since Price confronted the Hall of Fame pitcher — who is also a NESN analyst — before a June 29 flight from Boston to Toronto and reportedly mocked and cursed at Eckersley over perceived on-air criticism of Eduardo Rodriguez on a NESN telecast.