Published 2/17/2008
at Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
This is more Josh Beckett's style. There are no more questions of blisters or inconsistency dogging the Red Sox right-hander into spring training after he cemented his reputation as one of the game's best pitchers last season. "I don't really have anything to compare it to," Beckett said of returning to the core group that won a World Series, a luxury he never had after his 2003 Florida Marlins...
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This is more Josh Beckett's style. There are no more questions of blisters or inconsistency dogging the Red Sox right-hander into spring training after he cemented his reputation as one of the game's best pitchers last season.