Found September 03, 2009 on Mighty Quinn Media Machine:
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Once again, Josh Beckett was giving up the gopher balls, two in the first two innings, and that spurred the Tampa Bay Rays to an 8-5 win in the Tropicana Dome last night.Beckett gave up five runs, four earned, in six innings. He settled down after the first three innings, and struck out nine. The Red Sox fought back and got the game tied at 5, but the bullpen coughed it up late. Ramon Ramirez continued to late-season fade, giving up a run in the eighth, and Manny Delcarmen poured more gasoline on the fire by giving up a two-run bomb to Evan Longoria to effectively kill any shot of a Red Sox comeback win.I can't believe there is nothing wrong with Beckett. He allowed 10 home runs in his first 22 outings, but a simply mind-blowing 14 in his last five. He's leaving a lot of pitches in the strike zone, and the home runs to Carl Crawford and Pat Burrell. They wer smoked, as were the hits that drove in the other three runs against him. I'm sure on Boston talk radio today the b...
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