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October 16, 2007
BY SEAN McADAM
Journal Sports Writer
CLEVELAND -- The Game Four matchup features two finesse righties -- Tim Wakefield and Paul Byrd. Wakefield's knuckleball sometimes fails to top 70 mph and Byrd's best fastball doesn't get much above 86-86 mph.
That's quite a contrast with Game Five's scheduled starters, Josh Beckett and C.C. Sabathia, who throw their fastball in the mid-90s.
''I've talked to a lot of other guys that are similar to me about Wake and what he's done for such a long time,'' said Beckett, ''how mentally tough you've got to be to go out there, because some days you just don't have it. I know it's the same way for him -- some days he just doesn't have the feel for that knuckleball. To be able to withstand days like that is probably twice as tough on him because he doesn't have anything else to rely on other than that.''
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