I was very critical of Beckett in 2008 when he shut himself down for almost a month with a phantom injury -- tingling in his pinkie and ring fingers. After he got clearance from every specialist in the country, he returned to the mound out of condition and hurt himself rendering him useless in the playoffs. I still believe that he cost us the division and the AL championship.
But I will always be thankful to him for 2007 -- a perfect season from beginning to end. I'll take the results of that trade any day.
I am also thankful that he shut down the skanks in the 2003 World Series after we had our hearts broken.