Dustin witnesses history as Beckett records number 10,000! (Not)

On page B2 of today's hard copy of the Daily Demotypo: "Beckett gets 10,000th strikeout as Sox roll."

That would put him 4,286 past the great Nolan Ryan. It seems like just yesterday when I listened to the radio broadcast of Ricky Henderson becoming Ryan's strike out victim number 5,000. The fete would also be extraordinary considering Beckett is only in his eighth season and has pitched a total of 1055.2 innings. Over nine K's per inning is highly unlikely... I guess it's possible, but that's a lot of passed third strikes.

Actually, Josh Beckett ended up with his 1,001st career strike out. That moves him up to number 419 on the all time list, tied with Arthur Rhodes of the Seattle Mariners. The Red Sox won the game against Detroit, 5 to 1. Dustin Pedroia of Woodland went 1 for 5 at the plate, keeping his season average over the .300 mark (at .301).

You can watch Josh's historic 10,000th strike out - uh, I mean 1,000th strike out - by clicking the title of this story.