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Sox Stay Solvent: Beckett Seals Solid Sale 7:1
Sox stay alive in one of the most entertaining outings of the season given Beckett's performance and the pre-game and post-game comments by Manny and Beckett.
In a games-man-ship ploy that may have backfired, the Indians trotted out an ex-girlfriend of Beckett's, an aspiring country singer, to sing the national anthem. When a reporter asked Beckett how he felt about the Indians doing that, in a live post-game interview, Beckett said, without a moments hesitation,
I don't have any fucking control over what they do, I just go out there to pitch my game. I think it's great that they gave a friend of mine a free ticket to see the game.
Yesterday Manny created some controversy by saying:
We play with confidence every game. Hey, If it doesn't happen, so who cares? It's not like it's the end of the world. We'll be back next year to try again."
Beckett: Not Waiting for Godot (or Lofton)
This was a great team victory, but all you really have to know about it is that Beckett dominated in one of the all time great Red Sox clutch pitching performances of all time. He gave up one lousy run and that run should not have scored. Did I say all time" That includes Beckett's post-game comment. I thought I mis-heard until Tom Carron came out with the disclaimer, "Of course NESN is not responsible for what is said in post-game interviews."
Way to go Josh! Oh say can you see.
Posted at October 19, 2007 12:34 AM