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October 16, 2007
BY SEAN McADAM
Journal Sports Writer
CLEVELAND -- If anybody on the Red Sox staff can relate to Daisuke Matsuzaka's struggles in his first year in the American League, it's Josh Beckett.
Beckett's first year with Boston in 2006 was a mixed bag -- he sat a career high in innings pitched and victories, but also finished with an ERA of 5.01.
''I see some of the same stuff (I went through),'' said Beckett. ''You have to make a lot more adjustments here, whether you're coming from the National League to the American League. I obviously never played in Japan, but I would assume that you still have to make some adjustments.
''Pitching in the American League East and pitching to some of these teams out of our division, you have to learn how to make adjustments because great hitters, that's what they do -- they make adjustments while they're at bat, from pitch-to-pitch, and you have to feel the defense, what they're trying to do.''
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