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Article: Beckett swears he should be doing better than this

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BALTIMORE - No. 1 starters like Josh Beckett feel they should dominate any team they face. When they don't, they beat themselves up.

Beckett's experience in last night's 5-4 loss to the Orioles was no different from what Roy Halladay has been going through in Toronto.

These guys are ultracompetitive, and when they don't end losing streaks, when they fail to protect a 3-0 lead as Beckett did last night, it's incredibly disappointing.

Beckett has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that he's one of the

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