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The baseball, awash in white cowhide and disappointment, landed on the grass in short right field, ending Josh Beckett's no-hit bid at 6 2/3 innings.
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Commander Kick Ass Doesn't Need a No-Hitter to Prove His Superiority.
Surviving Grady — ... Still, for seven and two-thirds glorious innings, we saw the return of Commander Kick Ass of the F#$k Yeah Brigade; vintage Beckett was in the house and got us all hoping that maybe, just maybe, he's spent the earliest months of the season working out any kinks, and will be nothing but crapping lightning and bleeding vodka from here on out. Before Curtis Granderson -- wasn't that the name of Willie Aames' best friend on ...

7th Wonder
Boston Dirt Dogs — ... Josh Beckett Was On His Way to a No-Hitter, Until He Handed One to Granderson Beckett Flirts with No-Hit Bid in Win | Boston 10, Detroit 5 Josh Beckett Is Back: Last 3 Starts -- 1 ER in 22 2/3 Innings We Interrupt This Sentence to Report That David Ortiz Hit a Double Last Night Looks Like Takashi Saito Has Been Hanging Around with Papelbon And the Defense Rests... and the Sox Make Three Errors in Eighth Congratulations J.D. Drew on Hitting Honest Home Run No. 200 Laird Tries for a Cheap Hit, Then Beckett Hits ...

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