"Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett, who took the mound at Camden Yards against the Orioles last night, better hope that his rocket scientist wife, Holly, delivers their first baby before the playoffs start.

Because, according to Sox skipper Terry Francona, he was ready to go out and buy a cork to keep Baby Girl Beckett at bay before the last weekend's end-of-season three-game series with the Yankees!

"I'd go get one of those big corks you get in a champagne bottle," Tito told WEEI's Glenn Ordway and Michael Holley the other day. "(I'd) say, 'Hey, let's go. Clutch up a little bit here! We have a big game.""