"five years ago when josh beckett blew away sammy sosa in his prime in the playoffs like sosa was ronny cedeno, i saw (as everyone should have) that young beckett would be a great pitcher. i said, man, the cubs should get him. instead, beckett goes to boston and the rest is history. why the cubs zero in on a good, but not great, pitcher in bedard is confounding. whether the pitcher is a lefty i" . . . .