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The Beckett Butterfly Effect

Found September 29, 2008 on The Bottom Line:
PLAYERS: Josh Beckett,  Jon Lester,  Daisuke Matsuzaka,  Tim Wakefield
TEAMS: Boston Red Sox,  Los Angeles Angels

Josh Beckett injured his oblique during a side session on Friday. Expected to start game one of the ALDS against the Angels on Wednesday Oct. 1, Bekett will now be pushed back to Game 3, set for Sunday Oct. 5 at Fenway. Francona on Beckett: "I don't think we would slot him in. Now certainly, if...

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