Looking Long

One notable aspect of last night's game was that Ichiro Suzuki hit two home runs, both solo shots, off Josh Beckett.

Ichiro is one of the game's great contact hitters, but he's never been known for power. I don't know if that was his first two-homer game, but it likely was, because he has 102 home runs in his career -- his 12-year, 7,945 at-bat career. That's one every 77.9 at-bats.

There's a player on the Red Sox who has three home runs in 226 at-bats in his career, or one every 75.3 at-bats.

That player's name is Josh Beckett.

In short, Josh gave up two dingers to a guy who is less of a deep threat than he is.