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Defiant Josh Beckett just doesn’t get it

By Nick Cafardo

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 11, 2012

Josh Beckett could have controlled the Golfgate story is he pitched well. It likely would have gone away. Not now. Beckett lasted only 2-1/3 innings and allowed seven runs vs. the Indians. Now questions will linger whether Beckett’s outing was affected by playing golf during a time when he should have been resting his tight lat muscle.

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