Show r ' !'i A B4The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday October 21 2003 ': “ -':"- '" V -V-'yv'' 'J& - end of the rainbow" A nice time to start would — be this Saturday when Bright and fond of wisecracks Beckett has 0 13 'rubbed some the wrong way while becoming a' Arkansas State (11 ' '' v '“I Detractors say hejs too ' comes to town jX Continued from B1 Continued from B1 v ?:S V us1 a career record ol -' a tor with for "Thisis a ‘l pKcner big game cocky ' ' -M Aimed with a fastball that reaches the upper 17 who had never thrown a complete game V i USU wide receiver Raymond We will league comes along” or against you you 90s along with a swooping curve and a ' until he shut out die Cubs Will the WAC come calling? Hicks said 'We need to get a get things squared away and v "He may talk a lot but he walks the walk as changeup that leaves batten lunging the 6-win after three consecutive foot--p Texa broke into the majors in ’ibises We need to bounce V’ well” McKeon said 4 4 4 The walk is a swagger rcminiscent of Beck ber ?00L Recurring blisters on the bakk and keep our heads up” ett’s hero fellow Ifexan Roger Clemens who When questioned further fingfcrof his pitching hand last season sent him ' the disabfed list three times would! vVab"when V V y:‘ will start Game 4 for die Yan- ?" and the theAggies of possible league jto staff are doing So does ' ' He with such kees There was a telling con-- j He experimented not did :i a get replacements complete game together treatments as pickle brine : fiontatiwi during the NLCS that Putnam have answer didn't an specific but did rattle off a list U Hti ' uncooked rice and Super Glue 11 litea?J VV of was reminiscent of Clemens too J wish I knew where the prospective schools which antibiotic cream finally ‘ItoWSy 'ft' Beckett threw a brashback witch 'did include Utah State 7 Putnam was" V ‘vwt in js v believe it will the problem but this 7J® wived i to Sammy Sosa who n've said before we would 4 have to have confidence pitch happen " our family I have confidence t v it will be this week Y®81 be was back on the DL for Hashed OIT Where T angrily responded by pointing Hopefully v r " look at teams that fall within in coach Dennehy the guys I the WAC boundaries and that when we find the switch and iriytomoMhwiih vj) he realizes1! haw his bat at the mound The next inc UP with and Travis Cox five pitches were in the upper hasn't changed" Benson said' everything comes together" Mw 90s before Sosa struck out on a 'j Healthy since July 1 Beckett 3 Chance tO be "Frorn Ruston La to Honolu :4 While most of the attention'1 ?f we When time 'matter of his had final ERA a in six 216 are there number a lu Hawaii ) the on r Vfchangeup 1 X long snapper k ' special something fans me n then start starts to help McKeon said he has never-- ? schools that we winning of Pi vision pennehy also pointed out sev Florida win the d race' but I have to work been around a young pitcher would look at It's not the fust 'wjuny backon the band- that costly “ On a staff full of wagon with such a combination of con- time we have explored this” in the last outing He is work has is now the Beckett only been fidence and talent V Dennehy : Benson visited Logan youngsters as to hard correct ing just ace v once before in his entire 1 1 v before the WACs last addition “The only cme who was as those mistakes as he is to get Jack McKeon confident was Jjm Kaat" McK He blossomed in part because of Boise State and Louisiana years as a college head coach :f the snapping problems worked Marlins manager eon said “But he didn’t nearly McKeon who Tech He said he is familiar s J That was back in 1988 his out The Aggies worked plen- - of manager Jack die in Marlins came to Montana Western first at May have the stuff this kid’s with schools that would be in year tyonispecial teams in prepara-- with a ' Kaat played for McKeon in Missoula Mont' So this is new and uneasy terreputation for handling young players the running to replace the tion for North Texas and well Beckett’s mother acknowledged McKeon’s V in 1938 then began a : ritory fa him as well major-leagthree that left ' seemed to have things set role in her son’s development by sending the career the fallowing season and won 283 The list included all eight z V ( "It's a character check" he before kickoff : ' yyear-ol- d Times like this it v manager a bouquet of red roses 'Sun Belt Conference football- - said Then two bad snaps and fyr'j" gnmmt : realizes be T rre Beckett That to schools The W be several mistakes something to shoot fori : on gives only playing fwould easy splinter have a chanceto be somethmg special butl T tell you this guy is on a mission” McK-Benson went into any"££ apart I don't think that will proved costly and added to the“said have to McKeon work at it’” which was was brief : fiustration 4’ eon said “He’s on a mission to be a 4 detail happen with the coaches or on’t want anybody to think he was a r“I winner And he’s on a mission to be an North Tbxasj after being asked the players I know people work"Believe me are we f J I !£ several timed' think we are dumb but we got £ ing on the punting game" : goofball but young guys take awhile You have next year I wouldn’t bet against it Those goals will wait Fust for Beckett to prod them a little bit All I’ve done is try The WAC commissionCT Dennehy said "We will be if ourselves in this hole well there’s a World Series game to win who said he eixpected the better I'll make sure ofthat" 5 to encourage him to Seek that pot of gold at the get ourselves out” departure of the three schools but admitted to being sur-'£f prised at the timing said the WAq board will go to work to replacements He men-j- f : ‘ : v - J 3--4) P08”” '" A1 "l : I- ’ h ! ! : fH t v : v-rh- 9ur?a j I saidIlfA" ’ : 4'-:- ’ J®? ‘'t "i v 1 - C:?' regular-seaso- I--A we 1- -6 : wild-car- v ' hard-throwi- : - : tS-- f- got"" r' V 23-ye- ar ue : kW ltickoffs' 1 - - J : 20-ga- ( All-Sta- y-V- ? 0 r £ 0 I- ry f "You can’t run a league iaid teams" with 'V seyen 4 Whirh Rmisnn is well nwflffi URCHOICE school to get $ the required fight but I think5 we will have nine or moreM Benson said: ‘"’“Nine is a workable number for a foot ? ball league and so is 10 1 Jjfwould say lhethree most like- - iSSl 'fltaad 5 ‘ DwiQM : Pugmiresaid he wasnYfpIS to doany toWjying - "People know where we know we what people have to offer " JPugmire said : MrWbVebeen down that ifoadfe before’ We have been on that island before' not a good place to be We’re going to be’ i ? respectful" Vt Benson said he has been contacted by several schools:’ v vbut would not say which ones He did confirm that he and the Sun Belt commissioner have i been talking recently about the I :r) future' ' a :x ' t "Sun Belt commissioner T V' Wright Waters and I have talked" Benson said "The"' r&i ’ rX&T 'Fib? 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