Mikiemo83
10-04-2007, 03:18 PM
Big game hunter
Beckett makes opening statement with historic gem
Tom Verducci
BOSTON -- To understand the difficulty of what Red Sox ace Josh Beckett did Wednesday night at Fenway Park, first you have to know that his was the 124th shutout in the 104 years of postseason play. Not bad. Beckett has three of those 124 shutouts himself; only the great Christy Mathewson, with four, ever threw more. Even better.
But what you really need to know is how many times in those 124 postseason shutouts the pitcher allowed no walks and no extra-base hits while striking out as many as eight batters. I'll give you the entire list here:
1. Josh Beckett, Boston, 4-0, Game 1, ALDS over Los Angeles.
That's it.
link to rest of story
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/tom_verducci/10/03/beckett.dominance/index.html?eref=T1
Beckett makes opening statement with historic gem
Tom Verducci
BOSTON -- To understand the difficulty of what Red Sox ace Josh Beckett did Wednesday night at Fenway Park, first you have to know that his was the 124th shutout in the 104 years of postseason play. Not bad. Beckett has three of those 124 shutouts himself; only the great Christy Mathewson, with four, ever threw more. Even better.
But what you really need to know is how many times in those 124 postseason shutouts the pitcher allowed no walks and no extra-base hits while striking out as many as eight batters. I'll give you the entire list here:
1. Josh Beckett, Boston, 4-0, Game 1, ALDS over Los Angeles.
That's it.
link to rest of story
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/tom_verducci/10/03/beckett.dominance/index.html?eref=T1