Boss grudgingly gives Red Sox praise
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It took The Boss more than an hour to emerge from Yankee Stadium after his team&#39;s descent into history-book infamy last night with its 10-3 loss to the Red Sox in Game 7 of the ALCS.
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When we look back on this improbable postseason turnaround by the Red Sox, one of the turning points will be hard to find unless we recall the words of Red Sox manager Terry Francona in the aftermath of the humiliating 19-8 loss to the Yankees in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series.
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Give Red Sox slugger David Ortiz credit for picking the perfect time to go into his worst slump of the season. While the left-handed masher is suddenly hitting nothing but
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Matt Savage stood in the chill outside Fenway Park, elated and a little dazed as he greeted the World Series champion Boston Red Sox. He ruled out going to work for now, but he wasn't worried about job security. His boss was standing next to him.
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Boston - Tucked deep in the bowels of Fenway Park, spewed champagne was crisscrossing the cramped victorious clubhouse. The Boston Red Sox were doused, every one of them, and their eyes stung from the sticky, acidy alcohol.
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CHICAGO -- This national TV stuff, Terry Francona still has some work to do. &quot;I showed up for the wrong inning,&quot; said the Red Sox manager, who had been lined up to do a between-innings interview by Fox yesterday and eventually got on, but just a little later than he thought he would.
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Amid the stormy gloom in Gotham, the rain-idled Yankees last night had plenty of time to gather in front of their televisions and watch the Red Sox Express roar toward them. The national telecast might have been enough to send a jittery Boss Steinbrenner searching his Bartlett's Familiar Quotations for some &quot;Little Engine That Could&quot; metaphor.
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The Red Sox didn't bother trying to contain their enthusiasm after Clay Buchholz's no-hitter in a 10-0 win over the Orioles last night.
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Terry Francona, the Boston Red Sox manager, said it felt strange to know that someone he had respected and enjoyed competing with was no longer with the Yankees.
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The Red SoxÂ implosion seems to be the result of bad pitching, bad management and, especially, incredibly bad luck.
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BOSTON - In the giddiness of the Red Sox clubhouse last night, Pedro Martinez couldn&#39;t resist a jab at all the New Yorkers who had serenaded him last week.
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BOSTONâThese Yankees are an arrogant bunch. Six consecutive first-place finishes tend to do that. But very rarely do you see a team in the heat of a pennant race facing the team chasing them send out a starting pitcher just to see him get work.
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In the blink of a vicious grand slam off the bat of Vladimir Guerrero, the Red Sox went from a clean sweep to a most stressful endeavor on Friday at Fenway Park.
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His cap was off as he crossed the first base line, waving it to a crowd that first seemed slightly confused, but responded with the standing ovation his manager had anticipated. Curt Schilling was done for the night -- and, as Terry Francona later confirmed, for the season -- so Francona allowed him one last walk to the mound, though ...
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Tom Bowen admitted being a step or two late Wednesday morning as he hustled through Boston to his job as a bartender. Another late night rooting for his Boston Red Sox had left him elated &#151; and worn down.
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BASEBALL Derek Jeter responded to Red Sox slugger David Ortiz's comments that the Yankee shortstop isn't worthy of being the American League MVP in typically smooth fashion. Ortiz said Sunday the Yankee captain is ``having a great season, but he's got a lot of guys in that lineup. Top to bottom, you've got a guy who can hurt you. Come ...
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This is what Yankee Stadium looks and feels like after Steinbrenner has been humbled, Sinatra has been silenced, and the Yankee Stadium momuments avert their eyes in shock at what this Red Sox team, unlike any of its predecessors in almost a century's worth of trying, was able to accomplish at the expense of pinstriped pride that ...