Article: Beckett giving his money's worth.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

VIERA, Fla. _ It's $1 seat night at Space Coast Stadium. Top of the fourth. Josh Beckett on the mound for the Single A Brevard County Manatees. Left-handed hitter Derek Nicholson at the plate for the Lakeland (Fla.) Tigers. Full count.

Beckett has five strikeouts.

Nicholson is about to become victim No. 6, and every one of the 992 fans in the ballpark knows it. Even the lead singer of the local punk band that performed before the game _ a man with bleached hair and Buddy Holly glasses _ breaks off his conversation with the lead guitarist long enough to focus on Beckett, the 20-year-old, crew-cut Texan with a 95 mph fastball.

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