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by **reynolds80** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:42 pm

Better known as "The Creature" from Moneyball, David Beck looked to be coming along fine, K'ing a batter an inning or more in the low minors, and then "voluntarily retired in 2003" according to the Baseball Cube.

Anyone know what happened to the guy or remember reading anything about him?

by **Another Blown Save** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:45 pm

He supposedly got released after the 03 season according to This article.

by **deerayfan072** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:48 pm

I remember an article about this guy and i thought i remember that the article was talking about how he had problems mentally :-?

by **JustAnotherYanksFan** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:11 am

I googled David Beck Moneyball and came up with this:

[quote]Sabermetrics is useful for scouting minor leaguers, but you cannot draft just based on stats. The tools simply cannot be ignored. I saw David Beck (the pitcher known as â€œThe Creatureâ€

by **LizBeck02** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 10:51 pm

I doubt this thread is very active but I know what happened to David Beck. I married him. I am not sure what "mental issues" he supposedly has but that is far from true anyway. As far as his baseball career, if anyone is still interested post again and I will see if he wants to answer any questions regarding it. I know of a few circumstances that caused him to put baseball on the back burner. He still loves the game and he still has that arm... I know- I have been hit by one of his snowballs- I dont snowball fight with him any more. :-D