Motor City Beatdown

Josh Beckett of the Boston Red Sox is replaced in the fifth inning by manager Bobby Valentine during the game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on April 7, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan.
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Beckett Implodes, Offense Evaporates

Sox Box: Detroit 10, Boston 0
Tigers Bang Five Bombs Off the Shell of Josh Beckett
Good News: Beckett Just Locked in Intro Boos for the Home Opener
It's September in March for the Reeling Red Sox
Thumb and Dumber: Beckett Just Didn't Execute... Yeah, Right
Schill, Theo, Tito, and Pap Smiling Ear-to-Ear
Look Out Below Shuts Down Stumblin' Sox, Too
Good Thing Baseball's Not Important to Beckett Anymore
Buchholz in Must-Win Start Sunday
We'll Always Have Fenway 100 and a Liverpool Re-run Sunday Night
Maybe They Should Carry 15 Pitchers
Too Soon to Fire Bobby V?

"They were all in the middle of the plate and they hit them hard." -- Josh Captain Obvious Beckett


BDD Photo Illustration / Steve Garberg
(BDD Photo Illustration / Steve Garberg)

1. Say I didn't execute pitches, 11 #@%! times,
2. Try not to mention missing 'Tek in postgame Q&A,
3. Fly to Boise Idaho then Gary Indiana to get thumb examined,
4. Get back on Popeye's and Lone Star pronto,
5. Get oil changed on my truck

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Boston Globe:

Ask Nick: Are Red Sox angling for trades? > Big jump for Bradley? > Dempster's debut outing is very striking > Red Sox season ticket holders fleeing now

Boston Herald:

Youkilis at peace as a Yankee > Jackie Bradley, Jr. a quick study in major league camp > Net job up for Bobby Valentine > Mike Lowell lends a glove to tutor Middlebrooks

ProJo:

MLB players union has left some if its members out in the cold > Dempster gets off to strong start > Sox have plenty of arms ... just in case > Wakefield prepared to lend Wright a hand

NY Post:

Crock & Role: Girardi, GM dismiss Joba's talk of starting or closing for Yankees > Steinbrenner A-OK with Alex's portrayal in Yankees kids movie > Youkilis not worried after being pulled from Yankees lineup > Desperate Damon makes plea to be Yankees' Granderson sub

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