The Literary Adventures of Josh Beckett: F. Scott Fitzgerald's Unlikeliest Muse

After last night’s ass-whooping at the hands of the mighty Blue Jays, I’ve decided to abstain from posting until the Sox officially clinch the Wild Card. So today, we’re handing the reins over to guest poster Randy “Pete” Fitzgerald, nephew of the celebrated author F. Scott Fitzgerald, who has a startling revelation that I think you’ll all enjoy.Take it away, Randy.* * * * * * * *Good morning. As many of you know, my uncle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, was one of the most celebrated authors of the twentieth century. He was also an accomplished time traveler, spending much of his down time flitting between the 1930s and the early twenty-first century. During one of his inter-time jaunts, he attended a Florida Marlins baseball game, and found himself quite taken with a young pitcher named Josh Beckett, whom he described as “rather mysterious in an Amory Blaine sort of way, but with Hemingway’s edge and liver.” Distraught that most of his contemporaries would have to wait another 70 years befo...