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Florida would be forced to start the journeyman Carl Pavano on short rest in Game 7 against the formidable tandem of Mike Mussina and Roger Clemens If Beckett lost Game 6. "Two days, three days, it's in the mind," McKeon said. "We're going to go with the guys who are pitching the best for us.... This guy [Beckett] has got the guts of a burglar. He's mentally tough."Remarkably-and more than a bit luckily-McKeon's decision worked to perfection. Josh Beckett pitched the game of his life against the Yankees in Game 6, dominating them as if he were Randy Johnson facing a team of Little Leaguers. Although his oppo¬nent, Andy Pettitte, also pitched brilliantly, Beckett was just too much. He struck out  nine Yankees and allowed only five hits, throwing a 107-pitch shutout that put to rest any speculation about possible fatigue. Fittingly, Beckett even got to record the final out himself, tagging Jorge Posada on the first-base line as the pitcher ran out a come-back grounder. It was Beckett's first complete game at any level of professional baseball, and it gave the Florida Marlins Baseball franchise their second world cham¬pionship in only eleven years of existence.

Jack McKeon, meanwhile, became the first manager in twenty-five years to win the World Series after taking over a team in mid-season. "My first speech with them, I told them, `let's have fun,"' McKeon said after the victory. "The pressure is on everybody else because we're not supposed to win. Let's show that we can fool the baseball world and show them that we're a hell of lot better than everybody predicted us to be."