Beckett on Sox' pitching

I thought this was an interesting quote from Beckett. He's obviously fired up.

"The one thing I think we all have is not everybody has is that we've all been through this before," he said. "Again, like I was telling Jonny [Lester], don't let the past dictate your future. Just because somebody says, 'Oh well, he has bad Aprils.' (Expletive) that. What do you mean you're a slow starter. (Expletive) that. Don't start slow. I'm not picking on Jonny, I just know what I hear and things that I see and it's not OK. I'm in the same situation. (Wednesday) I pitched like (expletive). The same guy who went through and got nine straight outs is the same guy that gave up the four runs and three runs. How do you do that? That's not living in the moment. That's getting too far ahead of yourself. That's doing the things that aren't going to make you successful.

Indeed, the guys who have been struggling so far have had several innings of good work. In between coughing up 7 runs, Beckett did retire 9 straight. That's the guy we need to see on regular basis. What the Sox' starting 5 have failed to do is string those innings together throughout a start. I'm sure the Red Sox rotation will return to form, and probably quickly. Questions about our lineup will remain, but secret to winning games is quite simple: just score more runs than the other team.