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April 21, 2007
Some of what Terry Francona had to say in his postgame press conference:
On Josh Beckett
''He threw 60 pitches in the first three innings, then he had an 8-pitch fourth and an 8-pitch fifth [which is why he was able to last until the seventh] . . . He got his fastball in a little bit to right-handers, threw his breaking ball for strikes, and had a nice chanegup.''
On the bunting the Sox did in the game, specifically the back-to-back bunt singles by Coco Crisp and Alex Cora in the second and the sacrifice bunt by Cora in the fourth
''I always laugh a little when people say we don't bunt . . . If guys can bunt and they can execute, that's good.''
On Crisp and Jason Varitek seemingly emerging from their slumps
''Coco's been impacting us with his legs . . . Jason's taking some healthy swings. Take enough of those swings, and you'll see some results.''
On Hideki Okajima
''It's nice to see him respond in a postive way [to the Red Sox-Yankee rivalry] . . . He was valuable again today. He has command of his fastball, a good off-speed pitch, and he's willing to pitch every day. Now, he won't pitch every day, but it's good that he wants to.''
-- ART MARTONE
Posted by Art Martone 
at 7:34 PM | Permalink
Art Panosian | April 24, 2007 7:52 PM link
Terry,
Please have your pitching coach stress to Wily Mo Pena to lay off all the outside, off the plate pitches. All the poor young man does is strike out on those pitches. Very noticeable during the past few games including tonight's game 4-24-07.